Abstract: Biofouling may be prevented or at least mitigated by employing a cinnamaldehyde additive to augment the affect of the conventional biocide. Exemplary cinnamaldehyde additives include, but are not limited to, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and cinnamyl alcohol. A cinnamaldehyde additive by itself, in some embodiments, may also inhibit biofouling.

Abstract: Biofouling may be prevented or at least mitigated by employing a cinnamaldehyde additive to augment the affect of the conventional biocide. Exemplary cinnamaldehyde additives include, but are not limited to, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and cinnamyl alcohol. A cinnamaldehyde additive by itself, in some embodiments, may also inhibit biofouling.

Abstract: Biofouling may be prevented or at least mitigated by employing a cinnamaldehyde additive to augment the affect of the conventional biocide. Exemplary cinnamaldehyde additives include, but are not limited to, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and cinnamyl alcohol. A cinnamaldehyde additive by itself, in some applications, may also inhibit biofouling.

Abstract: A DNA microarray having correctly designed target nucleotide sequences bound thereto generates a quantifiable signal when the microarray hybridizes a field sample nucleotide sequence that indicates a microbial process in a field sample from an oilfield, for instance from downhole. Such DNA microarrays may be designed and manufactured to detect microbial production of hydrogen sulfide, organic acids, surfactants, and gases as well as thermophilic bacterial activity. The field sample nucleotide sequences may be tagged with a fluorescent molecular label, so that the DNA microarrays may generate signals, such as fluorescent signals that may be measured and quantified to provide a more accurate way to correlate bacterial processes in the oilfield than presently available methods.