Transformation of iron sulfide to greigite by nitrite produced by oil field bacteria

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Lin, Shiping ^a   Krause, Federico ^a   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Greigite; Iron sulfide; Nitrate reducing sulfide oxidizing bacteria; Nitrite; Oil field; Souring; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

GREIGITE; IRON SULFIDE; NITRITE; SOURING; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRON ORES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MINERALS; MINING; NITRATES; OIL FIELDS; POLYSULFIDES; PYRITES; ROCKS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STRAIN RELAXATION; SULFUR; WATER INJECTION;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS SULFIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; OIL; PYRITE; SULFIDE; SULFUR;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH; IRON SULFIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; OIL FIELD; OXIDATION; SULFUR; TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD BACTERIA; RESERVOIR; ROCK; SPECTROMETRY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFURIMONAS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA; IRON; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PETROLEUM; SULFIDES;

SULFURIMONAS;

EID: 67349185051     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-1932-9     Document Type: Article

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