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This research aims to explore the microbial ecology of a biodesulfurization system using indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.

Pilot-Scale Biodesulfurization of Natural Gas: Microbial Ecology and Community Dynamics of an In Situ Enriched System

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Randomized trial investigates microbial ecology and community dynamics for biodesulfurization, suggesting rapid enrichment is feasible.

This research aims to explore the microbial ecology of a biodesulfurization system using indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
Established pilot-scale Shell-Paques reactors for hydrogen sulfide removal from natural gas.
Tracked microbial community dynamics with high-throughput sequencing.
Analyzed ecological interactions using co-occurrence network analysis and niche overlap indices.
Indigenous sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were enriched to ~30% abundance within 13 days.
Thioalkalimicrobium became the dominant genus, differing from commercial strains.
Bipyramidal elemental sulfur with a rhombic structure was produced as the main byproduct.

Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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