Initial stages of steel biocorrosion
Zhigletsova, S.K.; Rodin, V.B.; Kobelev, V.S.; Aleksandrova, N.V.; Rasulova, G.E.; Kholodenko, V.P.
Prikladnaia Biokhimiia i Mikrobiologiia 36(6): 637-641
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0555-1099 PMID: 11116905 Document Number: 7000
Initial stages of corrosion of mild steel induced by Klebsiela rhinoscleromatis BO2 were studied in various media. The effect of the microorganism was detected 8-10 h after inoculation. The number of viable cells were virtually unchanged within one month in all media, but the corrosive activity of the strain decreased. The corrosive activity of microorganisms can be determined by spectrophotometry even only after incubation for 24 h. At a low level of organic substrate, even strong colonization with microorganisms does not inevitably result in a significant damage to metals.
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