Characterisation of culture-independent and -dependent microbial communities in a high-temperature offshore chalk petroleum reservoir

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Abstract
Recent studies have indicated that oil reservoirs harbour diverse microbial communities. Culture-dependent and culture-independent methods were used to evaluate the microbial diversity in produced water samples of the Ekofisk oil field, a high temperature, and fractured chalk reservoir in the North Sea. DGGE analyses of 16S rRNA gene fragments were used to assess the microbial diversity of both archaeal and bacterial communities in produced water samples and enrichment cultures from 4 different wells (B-08, X-08, X-18 and X-25). Low diversity communities were found when 16S rDNA libraries of bacterial and archaeal assemblages were generated from total community DNA obtained from produced water samples and enrichment cultures. Sequence analysis of the clones indicated close matches to microbes associated with high-temperature oil reservoirs or other similar environments. Sequences were found to be similar to members of the genera Thermotoga, Caminicella, Thermoanaerobacter, Archaeoglobus, Thermococcus, and Methanobulbus. Enrichment cultures obtained from the produced water samples were dominated by sheathed rods. Sequence analyses of the cultures indicated predominance of the genera Petrotoga, Arcobacter, Archaeoglobus and Thermococcus. The communities of both produced water and enrichment cultures appeared to be dominated by thermophilic fermenters capable of reducing sulphur compounds. These results suggest that the biochemical processes in the Ekofisk chalk reservoir are similar to those observed in high-temperature sandstone reservoirs.
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Authors Krista M. Kaster;Kristin Bonaunet;Harald Berland;Grethe Kjeilen-Eilertsen;Odd Gunnar Brakstad;Krista M. Kaster;Kristin Bonaunet;Harald Berland;Grethe Kjeilen-Eilertsen;Odd Gunnar Brakstad;
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Year 2009
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