MIC in the Offshore Wind Mud Zone: Sampling and Monitoring Guide
MICBUSTERS application guide · offshore wind MIC in the Offshore Wind Mud Zone: Sampling and Monitoring Guide The most accessible water sample is rarely the most representative sample for steel embedded in marine sediment. Mud-zone monitoring must follow depth, surfaces and local microenvironments—not only the surrounding seawater. Published: 31 August 2026 · Reading time: approximately […]
Can Nutrient-Rich MIC Test Media Underestimate Field Corrosion?
MICBUSTERS methods guide · field relevance Can Nutrient-Rich MIC Test Media Underestimate Field Corrosion? Lactate and yeast extract are useful tools for cultivating microorganisms. They can also reorganise the community and change the way a biofilm interacts with steel. A growth-friendly test is therefore not automatically a field-representative corrosion test. Published: 31 August 2026 · […]
Does High Sulfide Mean High MIC Corrosion Risk?
MICBUSTERS knowledge guide · sulfur chemistry Does High Sulfide Mean High MIC Corrosion Risk? Sulfide matters in microbial corrosion and reservoir souring, but a high bulk concentration is not a direct measurement of local metal loss. A new marine sediment study shows exactly why the distinction matters. Published: 31 August 2026 · Reading time: approximately […]
Carbon Starvation and MIC: Can Low Nutrients Increase Offshore Corrosion?
MICBUSTERS research interpretation · offshore MIC Carbon Starvation and MIC: Can Low Nutrients Increase Offshore Corrosion? Low nutrient availability is often treated as evidence of low microbial corrosion risk. A new marine sediment study challenges that shortcut: the no-added-carbon condition produced the most severe carbon-steel corrosion, while the treatment with the most bulk sulfide was […]
Thiobacillus or Acidithiobacillus? Why Modern Phylogeny Changed the Name of Acidophilic Sulfur Oxidizers
MICBUSTERS terminology & molecular microbiology guide Thiobacillus or Acidithiobacillus? Why Modern Phylogeny Changed the Name of Acidophilic Sulfur Oxidizers Names such as Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Thiobacillus thiooxidans still appear in older papers, laboratory reports and industrial microbiology literature. Under modern bacterial taxonomy, however, these acidophilic sulfur oxidizers belong to Acidithiobacillus. The distinction is more than […]
RNA & RT-qPCR for Microbial Activity in MIC | MICBUSTERS
MICBUSTERS technical knowledge Can RNA-Based RT-qPCR Show Which Microorganisms Are Metabolically Active? Standard DNA-based qPCR can tell us whether a selected microorganism, functional gene or MIC-related biomarker is present. RNA analysis can add another question: was that biological machinery being expressed around the time the sample was collected? This makes RNA-based analysis particularly interesting for […]
What Is API RP 38 and Is It Still Relevant for Oilfield Microbiology?
Oilfield Microbiology Standards | MICBUSTERS Technical Guide What Is API RP 38 and Is It Still Relevant for Oilfield Microbiology? API RP 38 is one of the historical foundations of culture-based microbial monitoring in oilfield injection-water systems. It helped establish the familiar serial-dilution or “bug bottle” approach for detecting microorganisms such as sulfate-reducing bacteria. But […]
How Is MPN Calculated? MPN Tables & Confidence Intervals
Oilfield microbiology · MPN statistics · culture interpretation · SRB & APB How Is MPN Calculated? Understanding MPN Tables, Confidence Intervals and SRB Results Most Probable Number is often reported as if it were a bacterial count. It is not. MPN is a statistical estimate derived from the pattern of positive and negative cultures across […]
SRB Test Kit Incubation Times: 1 to 28 Days | MICBUSTERS
SRB Culture Tests | MICBUSTERS Oil & Gas Microbial Monitoring Guide How Long Do Commercial SRB Test Kits Need to Incubate? A comparison of incubation times for commercial sulfate-reducing bacteria culture tests, including BART, ECHA Sig Sulphide, Sani-Check, rapid SRB tests and conventional Modified Postgate B and API-RP38 serial-dilution methods. Published: 18 August 2026 | […]
methanogens mic archaea mcra qpcr
Methanogens in MIC: Why Bacterial Tests Miss Archaea | MICBUSTERS MICBUSTERS Archaea and qPCR guide Methanogens in MIC: Why Bacterial Tests Can Miss Archaea Methanogens are frequently discussed alongside “oilfield bacteria”, but biologically they belong to a different domain of life: Archaea. A monitoring programme based only on bacterial culture media, bacterial 16S assays or […]