Evaluation of bacterial diversity recovered from petroleum samples using different physical matrices.

Abstract: Unraveling the microbial diversity and its complexity in petroleum reservoir environments has been a challenge throughout the years. Despite the techniques developed in order to improve crude oil, microbial enrichments using different culture conditions can be applied as a way to increase...

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Autores: DELLAGNEZZE, B. M., VASCONCELLOS, S. P. de, MELO, I. S. de, SANTOS NETO, E. V. dos, OLIVEIRA, V. M. de
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:Brasil
Recursos:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1062180
Acesso em linha:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1062180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjm.2016.04.004
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Bacterial diversity
Microbial enrichment
Petroleum reservoir
Physical support
16S rRNA
Bactéria
Biodiversidade
Petróleo
Biodegradação
Biodiversity
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Resumo:Abstract: Unraveling the microbial diversity and its complexity in petroleum reservoir environments has been a challenge throughout the years. Despite the techniques developed in order to improve crude oil, microbial enrichments using different culture conditions can be applied as a way to increase the recovery of DNA from environmentswith low cellular density for further microbiological analyses. This work aimed at the evaluation of different matrices(arenite, shale and polyurethane foam) as support materials for microbial growth and biofilm formation in enrichments using a biodegraded petroleum sample as inoculum in sulfate reducing condition. Subsequent microbial diversity characterization was carried out using Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and 16S rRNA gene libraries in order to compare the microbial biomass yield, DNA recovery efficiency and diversity among the enrichments. The DNA from microbial communities in petroleum enrichments was purified according to a protocol established in this work and used for 16S rRNA amplification with bacterial generic primers. The PCR products were cloned, and positive clones were screened by Amplified Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis (ARDRA). Sequencing and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the bacterial community was mostly represented by members of the genera Petrotoga, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Geobacillus and Rahnella. The use of different support materials in the enrichments yielded an increase in microbial biomass and biofilm formation, indicating that these materials may be employed for efficient biomass recovery from petroleum reservoir samples. Nonetheless, the most diverse microbiota were recovered from the biodegraded petroleum sample using polyurethane foam cubes as support material.