The impact of bacterial diversity on resistance to biocides in oilfields

Abstract Extreme conditions and the availability of determinate substrates in oil fields promote the growth of a specific microbiome. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and acid-producing bacteria (APB) are usually found in these places and can harm important processes due to increases in corrosion rat...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Feix Pereira, Harry Luiz Pilz-Junior, Gertrudes Corção
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02494-7