Microbial consortia in Oman oil fields: A possible use in enhanced oil recovery

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 106-117

  Al Bahry, Saif N ^a   Elsahfie, Abdulkader E ^a   Al Wahaibi, Yahya M ^a   Al Bimani, Ali S ^a   Joshi, Sanket J ^a   Al Maaini, Ratiba A ^a   Al Alawai, Wafa J ^a   Sugai, Yuichi ^b   Al Mandhari, Mussalam ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Culture dependent and culture independent techniques; Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; Microbial consortia; Microbial enhanced oil recovery; Oman

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMINICELLA SPOROGENES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NONHUMAN; OIL FIELD; OMAN; RNA GENE; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOTA; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; OILS; OMAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84873692809     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1204.04021     Document Type: Article

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