title: Microbial control of the production of hydrogen sulfide by sulfate-reducing bacteria.
abstract: A sulfide-resistant ctrain of Thiobacillus denitrificans, strain F, prevented the accumulation of sulfide by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans when both organisms were grown in liquid medium or in Berea sandstone cores. The wild-type strain of T. denitrificans did not prevent the accumulation of sulfide produced by D. desulfuricans. Strain F also prevented the accumulation of sulfide by a mixed population of sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched from an oil field brine. Fermentation balances showed that strain F stoichiometrically oxidized the sulfide produced by D. desulfuricans and the oil field brine enrichment to sulfate. These data suggest that strain F would be effective in controlling sulfide production in oil reservoirs and other environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Montgomery
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McLnerney
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Sublette