Is the science that deals with the role of microbes on earth ?
Geomicrobiology
Example of acid-producing microorganisms?
Lichens and fungi
Sediments and rocks at the surface of the crust are referred to as the?
Lithosphere
Why above the ozone layer mostly there’s no life?
Due to the lethal action of UV
Are able to grow on hydrocarbons
Bacteria
Q: Archaea can not grow on hydrocarbons ( t / f )?
F, can grow
Degrade hydrocarbons
Fungal
Why air is not capable of sustaining the growth?
- Lacks sufficient moisture and nutrient
- Lethal effect of radiation
Importance of air for M.Os?
- For spreading microbes
- Source of O2 for strict and facultative aerobes
- ## Source of nitrogen for nitrogen fixing microbes
Which porosity and / or permeability has changed within a formation or where nonporus layers Seals off the top of a reservoir
Stratigraphic traps
Why hydrocarbon traps and disappear?
Because of tectonic movement of earth’s plate
Rock which is impermeable to hydrocarbon
Cap rock
