Hydrocarbon is a primary source of energy in the current urbanized society. Considering the
increasing demand, worldwide oil productions are declining due to maturity of oil fields and …

The objective of the current systematic review was to evaluate the taxonomic composition
and relative abundance of bacteria and archaea associated with the microbiologically …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) or biocorrosion is a complex biological and
physicochemical process, Strategies for monitoring MIC are frequently based on microbial …

Petroleum microbiology is important to the fossil oil industry and any related environmental
research. Assessment of resident microbial communities is essential for controlling many …

The drilling, processing and transportation of oil are the main sources of pollution in water
and soil. The current work analyzes the microbial diversity and aromatic compounds …

The goal of the present work was to determine the diversity of prokaryotes involved in
anaerobic oil degradation in oil fields. The composition of the anaerobic oil-degrading …

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, requires large amounts of water to extract fossil fuel from
rock formations. As a result of hydraulic fracturing, the briny wastewater, often termed back …

Microbial community analysis of crude oil containing sludge collected from Duliajan oil field,
Assam, India, showed the predominance of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria such as …

Contamination significantly affects soil microbial community structures, and the metabolisms
of organic contaminants might particularly alter soil carbon cycling by shaping microbial …

Developing microbial consortiums is necessary for microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR)
in heavy crude oil production. The aqueous phase of produced fluid has long been …