Microbial Influenced Corrosion: Understanding Bioadhesion and Biofilm Formation

Microbial Influenced Corrosion: Role of Bacterial Attachment and Biofilm

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of 2707 Hyper-Duplex Stainless Steel by Marine Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) is a serious problem in many industries because it causes huge economic losses. Due to its excellent resistance to chemical corrosion, 2707 hyper duplex stainless steel (2707 HDSS) has been used in the marine environment. However, its resistance to MIC was not experimentally proven. In this study, the MIC behavior of 2707 HDSS caused by the marine ae...

Irradiation Sensitivity of Planktonic and Biofilm-associated Listeria monocytogenes and L. innocua as Influenced by Temperature of Biofilm Formation

The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes forms biofilms that are relatively resistant to chemical sanitizing treatments. Ionizing radiation effectively inactivates planktonic Listeria, but no information is available on the relative efficacy of the process against biofilm-associated Listeria. The irradiation sensitivity of planktonic or biofilm cells was determined for L. monocytogenes ATCC 43...

Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Industrial Materials

This communication outlines the principles of application of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) as a tool for studying physico-chemical and biological phenomena and discusses the potential use of atomic force microscopy (AFM), a form of SPM, for investigation of bacterial biofilms formed on metal surfaces and for studying corrosion of these surfaces in the presence of such biofilms. AFM images sho...

Microbiologically influenced corrosion: looking to the future.

This review discusses the state-of-the-art of research into biocorrosion and the biofouling of metals and alloys of industrial usage. The key concepts needed to understand the main effects of microorganisms on metal decay, and current trends in monitoring and control strategies to mitigate the deleterious effects of biocorrosion and biofouling are also described. Several relevant cases of bioco...