METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL ANAEROBIC DENITRIFYING BACTERIA UTILIZING PETROLEUM COMPONENTS AS SOLE CARBON SOURCE

• Main Authors: HNATOW, LINDA, L, KEELER, SHARON, JO, FALLON, ROBERT, D, JACKSON, SCOTT, CHRISTOPHER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.04.2012
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DYES; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; ENZYMOLOGY; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MINING; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESINS; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PAINTS; POLISHES; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention describes a novel phylogenetic identification method for identifying the indigenous anaerobic denitrifying bacterial species in an oil well that are capable of modifying crude oil's properties to enhance its recovery.