Articles | Volume 16, issue 21
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4229-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-4229-2019
Research article
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08 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2019

Identifying the core bacterial microbiome of hydrocarbon degradation and a shift of dominant methanogenesis pathways in the oil and aqueous phases of petroleum reservoirs of different temperatures from China

Zhichao Zhou, Bo Liang, Li-Ying Wang, Jin-Feng Liu, Bo-Zhong Mu, Hojae Shim, and Ji-Dong Gu

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (27 Apr 2019) by Tina Treude
AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2019)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 Jun 2019) by Tina Treude
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (14 Aug 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Aug 2019) by Tina Treude
AR by Ji-Dong Gu on behalf of the Authors (20 Sep 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (07 Oct 2019) by Tina Treude
AR by Ji-Dong Gu on behalf of the Authors (10 Oct 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
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This study shows a core bacterial microbiome with a small proportion of shared operational taxonomic units of common sequences among all oil reservoirs. Dominant methanogenesis shifts from the hydrogenotrophic pathway in water phase to the acetoclastic pathway in the oil phase at high temperatures, but the opposite is true at low temperatures. There are also major functional metabolism differences between the two phases for amino acids, hydrocarbons, and carbohydrates.
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