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A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the frictio

A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.

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1. A method comprising: providing a fracturing fluid comprising a brine and an inorganic nitrate;injecting the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation; andallowing the inorganic nitrate to increase the growth rate of nitrogen-reducing bacteria in the formation so as to inhibit the growth ra

1. A method comprising: providing a fracturing fluid comprising a brine and an inorganic nitrate;injecting the fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation; andallowing the inorganic nitrate to increase the growth rate of nitrogen-reducing bacteria in the formation so as to inhibit the growth rate of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the formation. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a nitrogen reducing bacteria. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a scale inhibitor. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein the scale inhibitor comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of: a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and any combination thereof. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a friction reducer. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the friction reducer comprises a polyacrylamide. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the fracturing fluid further comprises a molybdate or molybdate salt. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein no effective amount of a biocide is introduced into the subterranean formation. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein the fracturing fluid comprises a gel. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the subterranean formation comprises a low permeability subterranean formation. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the nitrogen reducing bacteria is selected from the group consisting of: Campylobacter sp. Nitrobacter sp., Nitrosomonas sp., Thiomicrospira sp., Sulfurospirillum sp., Thauera sp., Paracoccus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Rhodobacter sp., Desulfovibrio sp., and any mixture thereof. 12. The method of claim 11 wherein nitrogen reducing bacteria is selected from the group consisting of: Nitrobacter vulgaris, Nitrosomonas europea, Pseudomonas stutzeri, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Paracoccus denitrificans, Sulfurospirillum deleyianum, Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and any mixture thereof.