Microbial community characteristics of petroleum reservoir production water amended with n-alkanes and incubated under nitrate-, sulfate-reducing and methanogenic conditions

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-96

  Li, Wei ^a   Wang, Li Ying ^a   Duan, Ruo Yu ^a   Liu, Jin Feng ^a   Gu, Ji Dong ^b   Mu, Bo Zhong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Enrichment cultures; Functional genes; Microbial communities; Petroleum reservoirs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RNA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FUNCTIONAL GENES; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; METHANOGENIC ENRICHMENTS; METHANOMICROBIALES (MMB); METHYL-COENZYME M REDUCTASE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; OIL FIELD; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

CHINA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; ASSA; BACTEROIDETES; CRENARCHAEOTA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHANOMICROBIALES; NITROSPIRA; THERMOPROTEI;

EID: 84862829149     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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