scholarly journals Molecular analysis of the microbial community structures in water-flooding petroleum reservoirs with different temperatures

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 4645-4659 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.-Y. Wang ◽  
R.-Y. Duan ◽  
J.-F. Liu ◽  
S.-Z. Yang ◽  
J.-D. Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Petroleum Reservoirs ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Acetate Metabolism ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Microbial Community Structures ◽  
Different Temperatures

Abstract. Analyses of microbial communities from six water-flooding petroleum reservoirs at temperatures from 21 to 63 °C by 16S rRNA gene clone libraries indicates the presence of physiologically diverse and temperature-dependent microorganisms in these subterrestrial ecosystems. In samples originating from high-temperature petroleum reservoirs, most of the archaeal sequences belong to thermophiles affiliated with members of the genera Thermococcus, Methanothermobacter and the order Thermoplasmatales, whereas bacterial sequences predominantly belong to the phyla Firmicutes, Thermotogae and Thermodesulfobacteria. In contrast to high-temperature petroleum reservoirs, microorganisms belonging to the Proteobacteria, Methanobacteriales and Methanomicrobiales were the most encountered in samples collected from low-temperature petroleum reservoirs. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) revealed that temperature, mineralization, ionic type as well as volatile fatty acids showed correlation with the microbial community structures, in particular members of the Firmicutes and the genus Methanothermobacter showed positive correlation with temperature and the concentration of acetate. Overall, these data indicate the large occurrence of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in petroleum reservoirs and imply that acetate metabolism via syntrophic oxidation may represent the main methanogenic pathway in high-temperature petroleum reservoirs.

scholarly journals Molecular analysis of the microbial community structures in water-flooding petroleum reservoirs with different temperatures

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 5177-5203 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.-Y. Wang ◽  
R.-Y. Duan ◽  
J.-F. Liu ◽  
S.-Z. Yang ◽  
J.-D. Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Petroleum Reservoirs ◽  
Community Analysis ◽  
Microbial Community Analysis ◽  
Water Flooding ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Microbial Community Structures ◽  
Different Temperatures

Abstract. Temperature is one of the most important environmental factors regulating the activity and determining the composition of the microbial community. Analysis of microbial communities from six water-flooding petroleum reservoirs at temperatures from 20 to 63 °C by 16S rRNA gene clone libraries indicates the presence of physiologically diverse and temperature-dependent microorganisms in these subterrestrial ecosystems. In high-temperature petroleum reservoirs, most of the archaeal sequences belong to the thermophilic archaea including the genera Thermococcus, Methanothermobacter and Thermoplasmatales, most of the bacterial sequences belong to the phyla Firmicutes, Thermotogae and Thermodesulfobacteria; in low-temperature petroleum reservoirs, most of the archaeal sequences are affiliated with the genera Methanobacterium, Methanoculleus and Methanocalculus, most of the bacterial sequences to the phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Actinobacteria. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) revealed that temperature, mineralization, ionic type as well as volatile fatty acids showed correlation with the microbial community structures. These organisms may be adapted to the environmental conditions of these petroleum reservoirs over geologic time by metabolizing buried organic matter from the original deep subsurface environment and became the common inhabitants in subsurface environments.

scholarly journals The Microbial Community Structure in Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments Corresponds to Geophysical Signatures

2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 2860-2870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan P. Allen ◽  
Estella A. Atekwana ◽  
Eliot A. Atekwana ◽  
Joseph W. Duris ◽  
D. Dale Werkema ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Contaminated Sediments ◽  
Microbial Populations ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Microbial Community Structures ◽  
Gene Libraries ◽  
Cost Efficient

ABSTRACT The interdependence between geoelectrical signatures at underground petroleum plumes and the structures of subsurface microbial communities was investigated. For sediments contaminated with light non-aqueous-phase liquids, anomalous high conductivity values have been observed. Vertical changes in the geoelectrical properties of the sediments were concomitant with significant changes in the microbial community structures as determined by the construction and evaluation of 16S rRNA gene libraries. DNA sequencing of clones from four 16S rRNA gene libraries from different depths of a contaminated field site and two libraries from an uncontaminated background site revealed spatial heterogeneity in the microbial community structures. Correspondence analysis showed that the presence of distinct microbial populations, including the various hydrocarbon-degrading, syntrophic, sulfate-reducing, and dissimilatory-iron-reducing populations, was a contributing factor to the elevated geoelectrical measurements. Thus, through their growth and metabolic activities, microbial populations that have adapted to the use of petroleum as a carbon source can strongly influence their geophysical surroundings. Since changes in the geophysical properties of contaminated sediments parallel changes in the microbial community compositions, it is suggested that geoelectrical measurements can be a cost-efficient tool to guide microbiological sampling for microbial ecology studies during the monitoring of natural or engineered bioremediation processes.

scholarly journals Changes in Microbial Community Structures under Reclaimed Water Replenishment Conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1174
Author(s):  
Jie Li ◽  
Yujiao Sun ◽  
Xiaoyu Wang ◽  
Shangwei Xu
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Natural Water ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Microbial Community Structures

Using reclaimed water as a resource for landscape water replenishment may alleviate the major problems of water resource shortages and water environment pollution. However, the safety of the reclaimed water and the risk of eutrophication caused by the reclaimed water replenishment are unclear to the public and to the research community. This study aimed to reveal the differences between natural water and reclaimed water and to discuss the rationality of reclaimed water replenishment from the perspective of microorganisms. The microbial community structures in natural water, reclaimed water and natural biofilms were analyzed, and the community succession was clarified along the ecological niches, water resources, fluidity and time using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. Primary biofilms without the original community were added to study the formation of microbial community structures under reclaimed water acclimation. The results showed that the difference caused by ecological niches was more than those caused by the fluidity of water and different water resources. No significant difference caused by the addition of reclaimed water was found in the microbial diversity and community structure. Based on the results of microbial analysis, reclaimed water replenishment is a feasible solution that can be used for supplying river water.

Revealing microbial community structures in large- and small-scale activated sludge systems by barcoded pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 2155-2161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Purnika Damindi Ranasinghe ◽  
Hiroyasu Satoh ◽  
Mamoru Oshiki ◽  
Kenshiro Oshima ◽  
Wataru Suda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Microbial Community ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Microbial Community Structures ◽  
Insight Into

The diversity of bacterial groups in activated sludge from large- and small-scale wastewater treatment plants was explored by barcoded pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene. Activated sludge samples (three small and 17 large scale) were collected from 12 wastewater treatment plants to clarify precise taxonomy and relative abundances. DNA was extracted, and amplified by 4 base barcoded 27f/519r primer set. The 454 Titanium (Roche) pyrosequences were obtained and analyses performed by Quantitative Insight Into Microbial Ecology (QIIME) with around 100,000 reads. Sequence statistics were computed, while constructing a phylogenetic tree and heatmap. Computed results explained total microbial diversity at phylum and class level and resolution was further extended to Operational Taxonomic Unit (OTU) based taxonomic assignment for investigating community distribution based on individual sample. Composition of sequence reads were compared and microbial community structures for large- and small-scale treatment plants were identified as major phyla (Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes) and classes (Betaproteobacteria and Bacteroidetes). Also, family level breakdowns were explained and differences in family Nitrospiraceae and phylum Actinobacteria found at their species level were also illustrated. Thus, the pyrosequencing method provides high resolution insight into microbial community structures in activated sludge that might have been unnoticed with conventional approaches.

scholarly journals Microbial Population Changes during Bioremediation of an Experimental Oil Spill

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 3566-3574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. MacNaughton ◽  
John R. Stephen ◽  
Albert D. Venosa ◽  
Gregory A. Davis ◽  
Yun-Juan Chang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Oil Spill ◽  
Phospholipid Fatty Acid ◽  
Community Structures ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Dgge Analysis ◽  
16S Rdna Pcr ◽  
Microbial Community Structures ◽  
Plfa Analysis

ABSTRACT Three crude oil bioremediation techniques were applied in a randomized block field experiment simulating a coastal oil spill. Four treatments (no oil control, oil alone, oil plus nutrients, and oil plus nutrients plus an indigenous inoculum) were applied. In situ microbial community structures were monitored by phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and 16S rDNA PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) to (i) identify the bacterial community members responsible for the decontamination of the site and (ii) define an end point for the removal of the hydrocarbon substrate. The results of PLFA analysis demonstrated a community shift in all plots from primarily eukaryotic biomass to gram-negative bacterial biomass with time. PLFA profiles from the oiled plots suggested increased gram-negative biomass and adaptation to metabolic stress compared to unoiled controls. DGGE analysis of untreated control plots revealed a simple, dynamic dominant population structure throughout the experiment. This banding pattern disappeared in all oiled plots, indicating that the structure and diversity of the dominant bacterial community changed substantially. No consistent differences were detected between nutrient-amended and indigenous inoculum-treated plots, but both differed from the oil-only plots. Prominent bands were excised for sequence analysis and indicated that oil treatment encouraged the growth of gram-negative microorganisms within the α-proteobacteria andFlexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides phylum. α-Proteobacteria were never detected in unoiled controls. PLFA analysis indicated that by week 14 the microbial community structures of the oiled plots were becoming similar to those of the unoiled controls from the same time point, but DGGE analysis suggested that major differences in the bacterial communities remained.

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