Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in oil reservoir and biological control of SRB: a review

Gao, Peike; Fan, Keyan

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“…Significant differences were found in the SRB and SOB communities among the sampling periods based on the bacterial community analysis (Figure 2; Table S3), indicating that the influence of the sampling period was greater than that of sampling well stratigraphy. For SRB, Desulfovibrio and Desulfobulbus were the common dominant species in samples from injection wells and production wells, and these species are commonly detected in reservoir habitats (An et al, 2017;Gao & Fan, 2023;Li et al, 2017;Marietou, 2021;Tian et al, 2017;Zhou et al, 2023). Many studies have shown that members of the Desulfovibrio genus use metallic iron as the sole electron donor and accelerate carbon steel corrosion (Chatterjee et al, 2021;Sharma et al, 2018).…”

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“…Studies have also shown that many sulphur-oxidising bacteria (SOB), which can catalyse sulphide oxidation coupled with nitrate reduction, are stimulated by nitrate (Aoyagi et al, 2021;Hubert & Voordouw, 2007;Jahanbani Veshareh & Nick, 2019;Qi et al, 2022). As reservoir environments contain numerous reduced sulphur compounds (e.g., thiosulphate, sulphide and ferrous sulphide and elemental sulphur), SOB, including Thiobacillus, Sulfurospirillum, Sulfuricurvum, Sulfurovum and Sulfurimonas, are commonly detected in reservoir environments (Gao et al, 2015(Gao et al, , 2022Gao & Fan, 2023;Hubbard et al, 2014;Tian et al, 2017). The phylogeny of SOB is highly diverse, and they can catalyse sulphur oxidation coupled with carbon and nitrogen cycling under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions (Friedrich, 1998;Ghosh & Dam, 2009).…”

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Nitrate and oxygen significantly changed the abundance rather than structure of sulphate‐reducing and sulphur‐oxidising bacteria in water retrieved from petroleum reservoirs

Tian,

Gao,

et al. 2024

Environ Microbiol Rep

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Sulphate‐reducing bacteria (SRB) are the main culprits of microbiologically influenced corrosion in water‐flooding petroleum reservoirs, but some sulphur‐oxidising bacteria (SOB) are stimulated when nitrate and oxygen are injected, which control the growth of SRB. This study aimed to determine the distributions of SRB and SOB communities in injection–production systems and to analyse the responses of these bacteria to different treatments involving nitrate and oxygen. Desulfovibrio, Desulfobacca, Desulfobulbus, Sulfuricurvum and Dechloromonas were commonly detected via 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Still, no significant differences were observed for either the SRB or SOB communities between injection and production wells. Three groups of water samples collected from different sampling sites were incubated. Statistical analysis of functional gene (dsrB and soxB) clone libraries and quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that the SOB community structures were more strongly affected by the nitrate and oxygen levels than SRB clustered according to the sampling site; moreover, both the SRB and SOB community abundances significantly changed. Additionally, the highest SRB inhibitory effect and the lowest dsrB/soxB ratio were obtained under high concentrations of nitrate and oxygen in the three groups, suggesting that the synergistic effect of nitrate and oxygen level was strong on the inhibition of SRB by potential SOB.

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Nitrate and oxygen significantly changed the abundance rather than structure of sulphate‐reducing and sulphur‐oxidising bacteria in water retrieved from petroleum reservoirs

Tian,

Gao,

et al. 2024

Environ Microbiol Rep

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“…Conducting comparative genomic studies is essential for pinpointing key contributors to global biogeochemical cycles. As the interest in harnessing sulfur-metabolizing bacteria for industrial and bioremediation applications continues to grow, it becomes crucial to identify versatile and pivotal players within the sulfur cycle especially (36,38,70). Further, given that a significant portion of bacteria remain uncultured (71), there is a pressing need for large-scale metagenomics-based investigations to uncover essential targets for cultivation and laboratory experimentation.…”

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“…Phylogeny, along with gene content, has also been used to assess pathway directionality, with three main divisions, archaeal reductive, bacterial reductive, and bacterial oxidative typically being described (19,35). Likewise, microorganisms in general that metabolize sulfur are often described as either Sulfur Reducing Microorganisms (SRMs) or Sulfur Oxidizing Microorganisms (SOMs) (9,36). Common examples of SRM's are from the phyla Desulfobacteria, Bacillota (formally Firmicutes), Nitrospirota, and Thermoproteota (formally Crenarcheaota) (37,38).…”

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SAR324 and related lineages are associated with the evolutionary history and origins of dsr-mediated sulfur oxidation

Klier,

Martin,

Langwig

et al. 2024

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Microorganisms play vital roles in sulfur cycling through the oxidation of elemental sulfur and reduction of sulfite. These metabolisms are catalyzed by dissimilatory sulfite reductases (dsr) which function in the reductive (dsr) or reverse, oxidative direction (rdsr). Dsr-based sulfite reduction is an ancient metabolism and has been proposed to fuel energy metabolism in some of Earth’s earliest microorganisms. Conversely, sulfur oxidation is believed to have evolved later in association with the widespread availability of oxygen on Earth. Organisms are generally believed to carry out either the reductiveoroxidative pathway, yet a subset of bacterial phyla have recently been discovered with gene combinations that implicate them in both pathways. A comprehensive global investigation into the metabolisms of these phyla regarding dsr can shed light on the evolutionary underpinnings of sulfur metabolism but is currently lacking. In this study, we selected one of these phyla, the abundant and metabolically versatile candidate phylum SAR324, to study the ecology and evolution of dsr and rdsr. We confirmed that phylogenetically, environmentally, and geographically diverse SAR324 contained dsr, rdsr, or both. Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses with other dsr-encoding bacterial and archaeal phyla revealed that organisms encoding both dsr and rdsr genes are constrained to a few phyla, which we term “transitionary clades for sulfur oxidation”, and these phyla are phylogenetically positioned at the interface between well-defined oxidative and reductive bacterial clades. Together, this research suggests that SAR324 and other transitionary clades are associated with the evolutionary history and origins of the reverse dsr pathway in bacteria.

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“…The reduction process culminates with the generation of sulfides, but other stable sulfur phases, which are intermediate in the natural sulfur cycle, such as thiosulfates, are produced. The oxidation of authigenic sulfides mediated by SOB can also produce thiosulfates [ 64 ]. Biogenic thiosulfates are frequently used as leaching lixiviants in carbon-rich gold ores due to their ability to oxidize and complex Au 0 [ 52 , 65 , 66 , 67 ].…”

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Anomalous Gold Concentrations in Hypersaline Wetland Sediments (Laguna Honda, South Spain) Caused by Nanoparticles Used in Agricultural Practices: Environmental Transformation

Medina-Ruiz,

Jiménez-Millán,

Abad

et al. 2024

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Illite-rich sediments from the Laguna Honda wetland, an eutrophicated hypersaline wetland with waters enriched in Mg and Ca surrounded by olive groves in the Guadalquivir Basin River (South Spain), are polluted by elevated concentrations of gold (up to 21.9 ppm) due to agricultural practices. The highest gold contents appear in the shore sediments of the lake, where up to 20 µm homoaggregates of fused gold nanoparticles (AuNp) are found. Small nanoaggregates of up to six fused gold nanoparticles and very few isolated nanoparticles around 1 nm in size can also be observed to form heteroaggregates of AuNp-mica, especially in the deeper sediments in the central part of the wetland, where Au concentrations are lower (up to 1.89 ppm). The high nanoparticle concentration caused by the inappropriate application of pesticides favors nanoparticle collision in the wetland’s Mg- and Ca-rich waters and the fast coagulation and deposition of Au homoaggregates in the gold-rich shore sediment of the lake. The interaction of gold nanoparticles with the abundant illite particles in the wetland’s hypersaline waters promotes the simultaneous formation of low-density Au-illite heteroaggregates, which are transported and deposited in the less-rich-in-gold sediments of the central part of the lake. The small sizes of the isolated AuNp and AuNp-fused contacts of the aggregates suggest modifications in the original nanoparticles involving dissolution processes. The presence of bacterial communities resistant to heavy metal stress (Luteolibacter and Maricaulis), as well as the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and particularly sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) communities from the shore sediments, favored the high-Eh and low-pH conditions adequate for the destabilization and transport of AuNp.

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Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in oil reservoir and biological control of SRB: a review

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Nitrate and oxygen significantly changed the abundance rather than structure of sulphate‐reducing and sulphur‐oxidising bacteria in water retrieved from petroleum reservoirs

Nitrate and oxygen significantly changed the abundance rather than structure of sulphate‐reducing and sulphur‐oxidising bacteria in water retrieved from petroleum reservoirs

SAR324 and related lineages are associated with the evolutionary history and origins of dsr-mediated sulfur oxidation

Anomalous Gold Concentrations in Hypersaline Wetland Sediments (Laguna Honda, South Spain) Caused by Nanoparticles Used in Agricultural Practices: Environmental Transformation

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