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Published on: October 15, 2015
Characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from oil-field waters
C Tardy-Jacquenod1, P Caumette, R Matheron
1Laboratoire d'océanographie biologique, Université Bordeaux I, Arcachon, France.
Abstract:
The occurrence and metabolic capacities of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) were studied in 23 water samples taken from producing wells at 14 different sites. Oil fields in France, the North Sea, and the Gulf of Guinea were selected and classified according to physicochemical parameters (salinity ranging from 0.3 to 120 g.L-1 and temperature between 29 and 85 degrees C). After the distribution of SRB within oil fields was studied, several strains of SRB were isolated and characterized metabolically. Twenty of the thirty-seven strains were not related to any known species. Most of the identified strains were members of the genera Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum by molecular, morphological, and physiological properties.
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