Sulfate-reducing bacteria-assisted cracking

Abstract

Field and laboratory studies have verified that sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) can assist in cracking, but there is no comprehensive review in literature related to this research. In this paper, a mini-review was done giving the available information on SRB-assisted cracking, including actual cases, laboratory investigations, thermodynamic interpretation, cracking mechanisms, and affecting factors. Furthermore, the existing problems were regularly extracted, and the possible development tendency prospected.