Mechanisms of Microbiological Corrosion Employing Iron-Reducing Bacteria

Microbiological study of the anaerobic corrosion of iron

Corrosion of iron by sulfate-reducing bacteria: new views of an old problem.

About a century ago, researchers first recognized a connection between the activity of environmental microorganisms and cases of anaerobic iron corrosion. Since then, such microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) has gained prominence and its technical and economic implications are now widely recognized. Under anoxic conditions (e.g., in oil and gas pipelines), sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are...

Marine sulfate-reducing bacteria cause serious corrosion of iron under electroconductive biogenic mineral crust

Iron (Fe(0) ) corrosion in anoxic environments (e.g. inside pipelines), a process entailing considerable economic costs, is largely influenced by microorganisms, in particular sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). The process is characterized by formation of black crusts and metal pitting. The mechanism is usually explained by the corrosiveness of formed H(2) S, and scavenge of 'cathodic' H(2) from...

iron-reducing bacteria and iron nanostructures

iron reducing bacteria (irb) are one of the most applicable microorganisms in various industrial and environmental activities. these bacteria play a main role in the natural iron transformation. they act in a reverse metabolic pathway in contrast to iron oxidizing bacteria. in the anaerobic conditions irb are capable to use ferric ion as the final electron acceptor and reduce fe3+ to fe2+. what...

Mercury methylation by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria.

The Hg-methylating ability of dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria in the genera Geobacter, Desulfuromonas, and Shewanella was examined. All of the Geobacter and Desulfuromonas strains tested methylated mercury while reducing Fe(III), nitrate, or fumarate. In contrast, none of the Shewanella strains produced methylmercury at higher levels than abiotic controls under similar culture conditions. ...