Analysis of microbial communities in the oil reservoir subjected to CO2-flooding by using functional genes as molecular biomarkers for microbial CO2 sequestration

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Jin Feng ^a   Sun, Xiao Bo ^a   Yang, Guang Chao ^a   Mbadinga, Serge M ^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

Bioconversion; CO2 fixation; Functional genes; Methane; Microbial communities; Oil reservoir

Indexed keywords

ACETOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FLOODING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HALOTHIOBACILLUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OIL FIELD; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACETOBACTERIUM; HALOTHIOBACILLUS;

EID: 84927551631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00236     Document Type: Article

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