Degradative capacities and 16S rRNA-targeted whole-cell hybridization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in an anaerobic enrichment culture utilizing alkylbenzenes from crude oil

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Applied and Environmental Microbiology

OSTI ID:508355

Rabus, R; Widdel, F ^[1]; Fukui, Manabu ^[2]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen (Germany)
2. National Institute for Resources and Environment, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan); and others

Production of sulfide in oil field waters, a process which is referred to as souring, has been of concern. Hydrogen sulfide may lead to poisoning, contamination of oil and gas, corrosion of pipelines, conversion of iron mineral to ferrous sulfide. This study used a previously established sulfate-reducing enrichment culture on crude oil as a model system of bacterial habitats in which crude oil is the only potential source of organic substrates, and the enrichment culture was studied in detail including substrate preferences and major nutritional types of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the enrichment culture. 74 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 508355
• Journal Information: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 62, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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