Halotolerant and Extremely Halophilic Oil-Oxidizing Bacteria in Oil Fields

Autor: E. I. Milekhina, I. A. Borzenkov, M. V. Ivanov, I. S. Zvyagintseva, S. S. Belyaev
Rok vydání: 1993
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DOI: 10.1016/s0376-7361(09)70051-2
Popis: Field experiments have shown that oil-oxidizing microflora are widely distributed in the oil fields of Russia. Oil-oxidizing microorganisms were isolated from stratal waters with salinities of up to 272 g/l. Only single oil-oxidizing microbial cells were found in the stratal waters of production wells. High salinity stratal waters (with salinity over 140 g/l) are characterized by “oil-positive” microflora that are concentrated in the oil. Oil-oxidizing eubacteria, active in media with salinities up to 15% NaCl, and the extremely halophilic oil-oxidizing archaeobacteria, active at salinites to 32% NaCl, were isolated from oil samples of the Bondyuzhskoye oil-field. These microorganisms were characterized by high oil-emulsifying activity. Some properties of the halophilic oil-oxidizing microorganisms are discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE