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| Battersby, N; Stewart, D; Sharma, A. |
| Chemical additives are used extensively in the offshore oil industry. For secondary oil recovery, the biopolymer xanthan has been recommended as a viscosifying agent but its use may provoke microbial problems. The effect of adding xanthan to marine sediments on the growth and metabolic activity of sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) was studied. In all instances, its addition resulted in an increasing in SRB numbers of up to 250-fold. This was accompanied by a marked increase in the electron transport activity of the sediments when these were incubated under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. The products formed as a result of the biodegradation of the polymer by indigenous heterotrophic bacteria in these sediments appear to have acted as suitable... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Bacteria; Growth; Additives; Pollution effects; Oil recovery; Biodegradation; Polymers; Sediment pollution; Sulfate reduction. |
| Ano: 1984 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1984/acte-1015.pdf |
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