Molecular biology, genomics and physiology of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB)
Petroleum Microbiology: Sulphur cycle management, Corrosion control, Improved production.
Note: I no longer accept new graduate students or PDFs due to upcoming retirement.
Annie An |
PhD |
Sulphur management |
Dongshan An |
Research Associate |
Hydrocarbon metagenomics |
Tekle Fida |
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Sulfur cycle management |
Gloria Okpala |
PhD |
Sulfur cycle management |
Christina Ridley |
PhD |
Improved Production |
Mohita Sharma |
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Corrosion Control |
Navreet Suri |
PhD |
Improved Production |
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Yin Shen |
Project Coordinator/Technician |
NSERC IRC / Sulfur cycle management |
Susan Song |
Technician |
Hydrocarbon analysis |
Johanna Voordouw |
Technician |
Hydrocarbon metagenomics |
2009-2014 Project Leader, Genome Canada Award, “Metagenomics for Greener Production and Extraction of Hydrocarbon Energy”.
2007-2017 NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Petroleum Microbiology
2014-2015 Killam Annual Professor Award
§ Sharma, M., An, D., Liu, T., Pinnock, T., Cheng, F. and Voordouw, G. 2017. Biocide-mediated corrosion of coiled tubing. PlosOne 12(7):e0181934; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181934
§ Okpala, G., Chen, C., Fida, T. and Voordouw, G. 2017. Reconstruction of the effect of thermophilic nitrate-reduction on sulfide production in
Samples from a high temperature oil reservoir off Canada¹s East Coast. Front. Microbiol. 8:1573. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01573; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01573
§ Liu, T., Cheng, Y. F., Sharma, M., and Voordouw, G. 2017. Effect of fluid flow on biofilm formation and microbiologically influenced corrosion of pipelines in oilfield produced water. J. Petro. Sci. Eng. 156:451-459., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2017.06.026
§ An, B., Shen, Y., and Voordouw, G. 2017. Control of souring in high salinity Bakken shale oil reservoirs by the production of nitrite by halophilic nitrate-reducing bacteria. Front. Microbiol. 8:article 1164, 1-14., doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01164 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmicb.2017.01164
§ Suri, N., Voordouw, J. and Voordouw, G. 2017. The effectiveness of nitrate-mediated control of the oil field sulfur cycle depends on the toluene content of the oil. Front. Microbiol. 8:article 956, 1-13., doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00956 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmicb.2017.00956
§ Voordouw, G., Pinnock T. and Voordouw, J. 2017. Effect of biocides and corrosion inhibitors on SRB-mediated MIC under flow conditions. NACE International CORROSION 2017 Conference & Expo, New Orleans, LA, March 27-30, 2017. Paper 9650.
§ Fida, T. T., Gassara, F. and Voordouw, G. 2017. Biodegradation of isopropanol and acetone under denitrifying conditions by Thauera sp. TK001 for nitrate-mediated microbially enhanced oil recovery. J. Hazard. Mater. 334:68- 75., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.03.061
§ Chen, S. Cheng, Y. F. and Voordouw, G. 2017. A comparative study of corrosion of 316L stainless steel in biotic and abiotic sulfide environments. Int. Biodeterior. Biodegrad. 120:91-96., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2017.02.014
§ Chen, C., Shen, Y., An, D. and Voordouw, G. 2017. Use of acetate, propionate and butyrate for reduction of nitrate and sulfate and methanogenesis in microcosms and bioreactors simulating an oil reservoir. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., dol:10.1128/AEM.02983-16.
§ Gassara, F., Suri, N. and Voordouw, G. 2017. Nitrate-Mediated Microbially Enhanced Oil Recovery (N-MEOR) from Model Upflow Bioreactors. J. Hazard Mater. 324: 94-99.
§ Menon, P. and Voordouw, G. 2016. Impact of light oil toxicity on sulfide production by acetate-oxidizing, sulfate-reducing bacteria. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation xx: In Press, Manuscript ID:IBB-D-16-00087.
§ Wilson, S. L,, Li, C., Ramos-Padrón, E., Nesbø, C., Soh, J., Sensen, C. W., Voordouw, G., Foght, J., Gieg, L. M. 2016. Oil sands tailings ponds harbour a small core prokaryotic microbiome and diverse accessory communities. J Biotechnol. 235: 187-196.
§ Martins, M., Mourato1, C., Morais-Silva, F. O., Rodrigues-Pousada, C., Voordouw, G., Wall, J. D., Pereira, I. A. C. 2016. Electron transfer pathways of formate-driven H2 production in Desulfovibrio. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 100: 8135-8146.
§ Fida, T. T., Chen, C., Okpala, G. and Voordouw, G. 2016. Implications of limited thermophilicity of nitrite reduction for control of sulfide production in oil reservoirs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82: 4190-4199.
§ Voordouw, G., Menon, P., Pinnock, T., Sharma, M., Shen, Y., Venturelli, A., Voordouw, J. and Sexton, A. 2016. Use of homogeneously-sized carbon steel ball bearings to study microbially-influenced corrosion in oil field samples. Front. Microbiol. 7: article 351, 1-9.
§ Dongshan An, D., Xiaoli Dong, X., Annie An, A., Hyung Soo Park, H.-S., Strous, M. and Voordouw, G. 2016. Metagenomic analysis indicates Epsilonproteobacteria as a potential cause of microbial corrosion in pipelines injected with bisulfite. Front. Microbiol. 7: article 28, 1-10.
§ Mand, J., Park, H.-S., Okoro, C., Lomans, B.P., Smith, S., Chiejina, L. and Voordouw, G. 2016. Microbial methane production associated with carbon steel corrosion in a Nigerian oil field. Front. Microbiol. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01538.
§ Xue, Y. and G. Voordouw. 2015. Control of microbial sulfide production with biocides and nitate in oil reservoir simulating bioreactors. Front. Microbiol. 6: 1387. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01387.
§ Gassara, F., Suri, N., Stanislav, P. and Voordouw, G. 2015. Microbially enhanced oil recovery by sequential injection of light hydrocarbon and nitrate in low- and high-pressure bioreactors. Environ. Sci. Technol. 49: 12594-12601. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03879.
§ Wong, M-L., An, D., Caffrey, S., Soh, J., Dong, X., Sensen, C.W., Oldenburg, T., Larter, S. and G. Voordouw 2015. Roles of thermophiles and fungi in bitumen degradation in mostly cold oil sands outcrops. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81: 6825-6838.
§ Rabus R, Venceslau SS, Wöhlbrand L, Voordouw G, Wall JD, Pereira IA. 2015. A Post-Genomic View of the Ecophysiology, Catabolism and Biotechnological Relevance of Sulphate-Reducing Prokaryotes. Adv Microb Physiol. 66:55-321.
§ Wilson, S.L., Voordouw, G. and Walker, V.K. 2014. Towards the selection of a produced water enrichment for biological gas hydrate inhibitors. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 21: 10254-10261.
§ Kryachko, Y. and G. Voordouw. 2014. Microbially enhanced oil recovery from miniature model columns through stimulation of indigenous microflora with nitrate. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation 96: 135-143.
§ Agrawal, A., An, D., Cavallaro, A. and G. Voordouw. 2014. Souring in low-temperature surface facilities of two high-temperature Argentinian oil fields. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 98: 8017-8029. doi: 10.1007/s00253-014-5843-z. Epub 2014 Jun 6.
§ Mand, J., Park, H.S., Jack, T.R. and G. Voordouw. 2014. The role of acetogens in microbially influenced corrosion of steel. Front. Microbiol. 03 June 2014. Doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00268.
§ Okoro, C., Smith, S., Chiejina, L., Lumactud, R., An, D., Park, H.S., Voordouw, J., Lomans, B.P. and G. Voordouw. 2014. Comparison of microbial communities involved in souring and corrosion in offshore and onshore oil production facilities in Nigeria. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1401-z.
§ An, D., Brown, D., Chatterjee, I., Dong, X., Ramos-Padron, E., Wilson, S., Bordenave, S., Caffrey, S. M., Gieg, L. M., Sensen,C. W., and Voordouw, G. (2013) Microbial community and potential functional gene diversity involved in anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation and methanogenesis in an oil sands tailings pond. Genome 56: 612-618. doi:10.1139/gen-2013-0083.
§ An, D., Caffrey, S. M., Soh, J., Agrawal, A., Brown, D., Budwill, K., Dong, X., Dunfield, P. F., Foght, J., Gieg, L. M., Hallam, S. J., Hanson, N. W., He, Z., Jack, T. R., Klassen, J., Konwar, K. M., Kuatsjah, E., Li, C., Larter, S., Leopatra, V., Nesbø, C. L., Oldenburg, T., Pagé, A. P., Ramos-Padron, E., Rochman, F. F., Saidi-Mehrabad, A., Sensen, C. W., Sipahimalani, P., Song, Y. C., Wilson, S., Wolbring, G., Wong, M.-L., and Voordouw, G. (2013) Metagenomics of Hydrocarbon Resource Environments Indicates Aerobic Taxa and Genes to be Unexpectedly Common. Environ. Sci, and Technol., 47: 10708-10717. DOI: 10.1021/es4020184.
§ Soh, J., Dong, X., Caffrey, S. M., Voordouw, G., and Sensen, C. W. (2013) Phoenix 2: a locally installable large-scale 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis pipeline with Web interface. J. Biotechnol. 167: 393-403.
§ Callbeck, C., Agrawal, A. and G. Voordouw. 2013. Acetate production from oil under sulfate-reducing conditions in bioreactors injected with sulfate and nitrate. Appl. and Environ. Microbiol. 79:5059-5068.