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U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant #N00014-09-1 0090, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant #0954186, and the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER), under the Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) Program (grant DE-FG92-08ER64560), supported our research on using microsensors. The data related to microbial mats were generated using support from the Genomic Science Program (GSP), the Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER), and the US Department of Energy (DOE) and were a contribution of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Foundational Scientific Focus Area. We thank the students, postdoctoral researchers, and colleagues who were involved in microsensor research in our research group.
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Beyenal, H., Babauta, J. (2013). Microsensors and Microscale Gradients in Biofilms. In: Muffler, K., Ulber, R. (eds) Productive Biofilms. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 146. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2013_247
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