The generation of toxic, malodorous, and corrosive hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), which can
cause serious hygiene and health problems and damage biogas plants, is inevitable in …

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …

The human gut microbiome is a complex microbial community that is strongly linked to both
host health and disease. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying the …

Industrial development has led to generation of large volumes of wastewater containing
heavy metals, which need to be removed before the wastewater is released into the …

Sulphate reducing prokaryotes (SRP) cause hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S) generation in some
waterflooded hydrocarbon reservoirs that is known as microbial reservoir souring or …

Sulphate-reducing prokaryotes (SRP) have been identified in oil field fluids since the 1920s.
SRP reduce sulphate to sulphide, a toxic and corrosive species that impacts on operational …

The injection of seawater into a hydrocarbon reservoir (seawater flooding) as a secondary or
tertiary oil recovery method is associated with two possibly significant challenges. First, the …

Removal of sulfate from the injection seawater (desulfation) in hydrocarbon reservoirs is a
Modified Salinity Water (MSW) flooding method that mitigates microbial reservoir souring …

Highlights•Methionine synthesis in M. jannaschii delivers a novel target for strain
engineering.•Analysis of DsrAB reveals so far unknown, uncultured bacterial …

Hydraulic fracturing of black shale formations has greatly increased United States oil and
natural gas recovery. However, the accumulation of biomass in subsurface reservoirs and …