Effect of inorganic nutrients on bacterial community composition in oil-bearing sandstones from the subsurface strata of an onshore oil reservoir and its potential use in Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery

• Thanachai Phetcharat,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Interdisciplinary Program in Biotechnology, Graduate School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Environmental Science Research Centre (ESRC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Pinan Dawkrajai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Northern Petroleum Development Centre (NPDC), Defence Energy Department, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Thararat Chitov,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Affiliation Environmental Science Research Centre (ESRC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Pisanu Wongpornchai,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-2276

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• Schradh Saenton,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Wuttichai Mhuantong,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enzyme Technology Laboratory, The National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Pattanop Kanokratana,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enzyme Technology Laboratory, The National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Verawat Champreda,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Enzyme Technology Laboratory, The National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand Science Park, Pathum Thani, Thailand

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• Sakunnee Bovonsombut

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sakunnee.b@cmu.ac.th

  Current address: Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  Affiliation Environmental Science Research Centre (ESRC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-9715

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