Composition and activities of microbial communities in Alberta’s oil sands

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dc.contributor.advisorVoordouw, Gerrit
dc.contributor.authorWong, Man Ling
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-09T15:36:56Z
dc.date.available2015-01-10T08:00:20Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-09
dc.date.submitted2012en
dc.description.abstractFossil fuels will probably be our main source of energy in the foreseeable future. The fossil fuel that is currently receiving the most attention is oil sands. A focus of many companies with oil sands operations is to look for more environmentally friendly and still economically feasible methods to produce this resource. This thesis focuses on determining the microbial communities in Alberta’s oil sands and their activities with the intention of eventually utilizing this information for improved production strategies. The microbial communities from oil sands outcrops, mined oil sands and oil sands cores were assessed in detail. Oil sands at different depths had diverse microbial communities, while the subsamples obtained from the same environment also displayed varied populations. All oil sands microbial communities have thermophilic genera with enhanced potential in bitumen biodegradation. The combination of oxygen, high temperatures and the absence of light was shown to greatly stimulate bitumen biodegradation.en_US
dc.description.embargoterms2 yearsen_US
dc.identifier.citationWong, M. L. (2013). Composition and activities of microbial communities in Alberta’s oil sands (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25386en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25386
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/404
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectMicrobiology
dc.subjectBiology--Molecular
dc.subjectBiology--Molecular
dc.subject.classificationMicrobialen_US
dc.subject.classificationCommunityen_US
dc.subject.classificationCompositionen_US
dc.subject.classificationActivitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationAlbertaen_US
dc.subject.classificationoil sandsen_US
dc.titleComposition and activities of microbial communities in Alberta’s oil sands
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineBiological Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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