	US 12,071,586 B2
	Composition and method for controlling bacteria in formations
Edward Corrin, Houston, TX (US); Michael Gurecki, Houston, TX (US); and Michael Harless, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to BIOTECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by BIOTECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/804,562.
Application 16/804,562 is a division of application No. 16/029,963, filed on Jul. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,611,950.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,678, filed on Jul. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0190395 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. C09K 8/532 (2006.01); C09K 8/582 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); C12R 1/38 (2006.01)

CPC C09K 8/532 (2013.01) [C09K 8/582 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); C09K 2208/20 (2013.01); C12N 2500/10 (2013.01); C12R 2001/38 (2021.05)]

10 Claims

1. A NRB (Nitrate Reducing Bacteria) composition comprising:

NRB wherein the NRB is Campylobacter sp., Nitrobacter sp., Thiobacillus sp., Nitrosomonas sp., Thiomicrospira sp., Sulfurospirillum sp., Thauera sp., Paracoccus sp., or Rhodobacter sp.;

water;

nitrate, wherein the nitrate present in a concentration of 30% (w/v) nitrate;

and molybdate, wherein the molybdate is present in the NRB composition at a concentration of 2 ppm per 25 ppm of the NRB-composition.