Effect of nitrate injection on the microbial community in an oil field as monitored by reverse sample genome probing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1785-1793

  Telang, Anita J ^a   Ebert, Sara ^b   Foght, Julia M ^b   Westlake, Donald W S ^b   Jenneman, Gary E ^c   Gevertz, Diane ^d   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Phillips Petroleum Company ^*  (United States)

^d AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENOME; OIL INDUSTRY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030902704     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1785-1793.1997     Document Type: Article

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