Ann Pharmacol Pharm | Volume 2, Issue 6 | Review Article | Open Access

Evaluation of Acute Oral Toxicity of Potential Thermophillic Bacterial Consortia (TERIK) for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Neha Sharma¹, Meeta Lavania^1*, Vipin kukreti², Subir Kumar² and Banwari lal¹

¹Department of Microbial Biotechnology, The Energy and Resources Institute, India Habitat Centre, India
²Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Reservoir Studies Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited,
India

^*Correspondance to: Meeta Lavania 

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Abstract

Microbial enhanced oil recovery is an ecofriendly approach used to enhance the recovery of oil. In this investigation, formation water was collected from the oil wells of Gujarat. The formation water was enriched with the desired nutrients, to facilitate the growth of indigenous microbial species under reservoir conditions. The microbial species (TERIK) were morphologically analyzed through scanning electron microscopy. The acute oral toxicity of the microbial species was screened. Microbial species were appeared to be non-virulent and non-pathogenic. Hence, these species were appeared to be safe for field implementation.

Citation:

Sharma N, Lavania M, kukreti V, Kumar S, lal B. Evaluation of Acute Oral Toxicity of Potential Thermophillic Bacterial Consortia (TERIK) for Enhanced Oil Recovery. Ann Pharmacol Pharm. 2017; 2(6): 1058.