Waters from Algerian Oilfields Diversity of microbial communities in production and injection waters of Algerian oilfields revealed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon 454 pyrosequencing. oil production facility metagenome

The objective of this project is to describe and compare, for the first time, the phylogenetic diversity of the microbial communities in various production and injection wells in Algerian oilfields. Eight samples from four different sites were studied. These wells differ from one another and from other wells already reported in the literature by their location, depth, temperature, salinity, stratigraphic distribution and whether or not water flooding is present. The significance of these physicochemical and geological characteristics for the microbial communities composition was addressed and the water-flooding effect in the production water wells was examined as well. Diversity of microbial communities in production and injection waters of Algerian oilfields revealed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon 454 pyrosequencing; Target description: Bacterial and Archaeal 16S rRNA sequences from production and injection waters of Algerian oilfields.