title: Emerging foundations: nano-engineering and bio-microelectronics for environmental biotechnology.
abstract: The growth of nanotechnology, the emergence of 'nanobiotechnology', and the incorporation of living organisms in biomicroelectronic devices are revolutionizing the interdisciplinary opportunities for microbiologists to participate in understanding, developing and exploiting microbial processes in and from the environment.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Molecular-Scale Engineering and Nanoscale Technologies Research Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA. sayler@utk.edu
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Sayler
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004581:Electronics / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D012106:Research