Editorial: Petroleum Microbial Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects

Front Microbiol. 2017 May 12:8:833. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00833. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Wael A Ismail¹, Jonathan D Van Hamme², John J Kilbane³, Ji-Dong Gu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Biotechnology Program, Life Sciences Department, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf UniversityManama, Bahrain.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers UniversityKamloops, BC, Canada.
³ Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL, USA.
⁴ School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong KongHong Kong, Hong Kong.

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Keywords: biodesulfurization; biosurfactants; corrosion; energy; enhanced oil recovery; hydrocarbon; methanogenesis; oil reservoir.

Publication types

Editorial