Effect of nitrate and nitrite on sulfide production by two thermophilic, sulfate-reducing enrichments from an oil field in the North Sea
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Thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria (tSRB) can be major contributors to the production of H(2)S (souring) in oil reservoirs. Two tSRB enrichments from a North Sea oil field, NS-tSRB1 and NS-tSRB2, were obtained at 58 degrees C with acetate-propionate-butyrate and with lactate as the electron donor, respectively. Analysis by rDNA sequencing indicated the presence of Thermodesulforhabdus norvegicus in NS-tSRB1 and of Archaeoglobus fulgidus in NS-tSRB2. Nitrate (10 mM) had no effect on H(2)S production by mid-log phase cultures of NS-tSRB1 and NS-tSRB2, whereas nitrite (0.25 mM or higher) inhibited sulfate reduction. NS-tSRB1 did not recover from inhibition, whereas sulfate reduction activity of NS-tSRB2 recovered after 500 h. Nitrite was also effective in souring inhibition and H(2)S removal in upflow bioreactors, whereas nitrate was similarly ineffective. Hence, nitrite may be preferable for souring prevention in some high-temperature oil fields because it reacts directly with sulfide and provides long-lasting inhibition of sulfate reduction.
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Under acidic conditions, the reaction of sulfide with nitrite leads to a range of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing products.
“There is a considerable amount of lesser-known older work on the reaction of sulfide with nitrite demonstrating that under acidic conditions the reaction leads to a range of products.”
From On the chemical biology of the nitrite/sulfide interaction (2015) · cites this paper as [32]
Earlier studies showed that nitrite can be reduced to NO following direct reaction with sulfide.
“However, sulfide may facilitate nitrite reduction to NO via interaction with Fe 3+ protoporphyrin [30], while earlier studies showed that nitrite can be reduced to NO following direct reaction with sulfide [31,32].”
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- Authors
- Kaster, K. M., Grigoriyan, A., Jennneman, G., & Voordouw, G.
- Affiliations
- International Research Institute of Stavanger (NO)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- ConocoPhillips (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Voordouw, Gerrit
- ORCID
- Voordouw, Gerrit
- Venue
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2007-05
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 195-203
- ISSN
- 0175-7598 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0614
- OpenAlex
- W2142928136
- Cited by
- 98
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 6.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- erratum (2007-05-01)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Keywords
- thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria, hydrogen sulfide production, nitrite inhibition, nitrate, sulfide removal, upflow bioreactor, Archaeoglobus fulgidus
- MeSH terms
- Fuel Oils, Hot Temperature, Molecular Sequence Data, Nitrates, Nitrites, North Sea, Seawater, Sulfates, Sulfides, Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Archaeoglobus, Deltaproteobacteria
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