![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107053127im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field NSF Approves $1.3M for OSU and OU Microbes Hunt
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August 26, 2008
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The National Science Foundation has approved a $1.3 million grant for researchers at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma to discover new kinds of microorganisms in natural habitats. The five-year grant will enable scientists to detect, identify and isolate unique microorganisms using state-of-the-art molecular biological procedures at a sulfur spring in southwestern Oklahoma.
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