The Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) — official site with information for patients and health care professionals.

Evolution: A Journey into Where We're From and Where We're Going — companion site to the PBS series, featuring content on the evolution of antibiotic resistance under the heading “survival.”

Ribosome Research Encompasses Early Life on Earth and Antibiotic Resistance — news article from Argonne National Laboratory, 26 October 2001.

The Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections — from FDA Consumer, September 1995, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Microorganisms

The E. Coli Index — a guide to web resources on the ubiquitous bacterium, created by Dr. Gavin H. Thomas at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Evidence of Bacteria on Europa? — discusses the possibility of bacteria living on Jupiter's moon and the available evidence, from the NASA Astrobiology Institute, 9 January 2002.

Gram Stain—an overview, part of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy.

Gram Stained Images of Medically Important Bacteria—from Loyola University Chicago.

Lichens of North America — a helpful resource on lichen biology with many photographs, created by Sylvia and Steven Sharnoff and Dr. Irwin M. Brodo.

New Gram Stain Atlas—a large collection of Gram-stained images, part of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy.

Scientists Awarded Patent for Coal-Purifying Bacteria — news article about one of the newest uses for bacteria, from Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11 December 2001.

Soil Bacteria and Actinomycetes — from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management National Science and Technology Center.

People

Jφns Jakob Berzelius — biography, part of Chemical Achievers from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg — biographies, part of Chemical Achievers from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

Charles F. Chandler — biographical sketch of the public health pioneer who brought clean water and indoor plumbing to New York City, part of Chemical Achievers from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin — biography, part of Chemical Achievers from the Chemical Heritage Foundation.

Gilbert Newton Lewis and Irving Langmuir — biographical sketches, part of Chemical Achievers from the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Irving Langmuir carried out pioneering investigations of monolayers.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek — short biography, part of Molecular Expressions created by Michael W. Davidson and Florida State University.

Louis Pasteur — in-depth biographical site created and hosted by David V. Cohn, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry, University of Louisville.

Pasteur Museum — official site of the Pasteur Museum in Paris, with information on Pasteur's life and work as well as many images (in French).

John Snow: A Historical Giant in Epidemiology — extensive site on the life and work of John Snow, created by Professor Ralph R. Frerichs of the University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology.

Lazzaro Spallanzani — a short biography from Ole Daniel Enersen's Whonamedit.com.

More Than Just Bunnies: The Legacy of Beatrix Potter — a biographical sketch from Literary Traveler.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907 — biography and work of Eduard Buchner from the Nobel e-Museum.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 — includes biographical information on Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, and Ernest Chain as well as descriptions of their prize-winning work.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1946 — biographies of James B. Sumner and his co-recipients from the Nobel e-Museum.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 — biography and work of Selman Waksman from the Nobel e-Museum.

Society and Culture

In Sickness and in Health — review of ancient Egyptian medine with passages from the Edwin Smith papyrus describing medical use of honey, created by Andrι Dollinger.

The Plateau — the official site of Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Director of the Giza Pyramids Excavation, with extensive information on current archeological activity at the Giza Plateau site.

The Pyramid Builders — article excerpt from National Geographic magazine with photos and descriptions of excavations at Giza of the pyramid workers' living quarters. The complete article is available in print in the November 2001 issue of National Geographic magazine.

The Road to Timbuktu — learn more about the African kingdoms whose wealth was built on the salt trade, part of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s Wonders of the African World from PBS online.

Salt of the Earth — a brief look at the modern-day salt trade in the West African nation of Mali, part of On the Line's Virtual Journey of Mali.

Timbuktu — a short history of the city that was built on the salt trade, with links to several other Web sites, by Lynn Garry Salmon.

The World of Peter Rabbit — the official Beatrix Potter site.

Music

"How to Make Aspirin Today" — a song about making aspirin by Thomas Ott, to the tune of the Sesame Street theme.