Compositions and abundances of sulfate-reducing and sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms in water-flooded petroleum reservoirs with different temperatures in China

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2017, Pages

  Tian, Huimei ^a   Gao, Peike ^a   Chen, Zhaohui ^a   Li, Yanshu ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wang, Yansen ^a   Zhou, Jiefang ^a   Li, Guoqiang ^a   Ma, Ting ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abundance; Corrosion; Diversity; Oil reservoirs; Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB); Sulfur oxidizing bacteria (SOB)

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESULFOBULBUS; DESULFOMICROBIUM; DESULFOTOMACULUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; DSRB GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PH; PHYLOGENY; PYROSEQUENCING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOXB GENE; SULFATE REDUCER; SULFUR OXIDIZER; TEMPERATURE; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 85014514116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00143     Document Type: Article

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