Understanding biofouling and contaminant accretion on submerged marine structures

P Vuong, A McKinley, P Kaur - npj Materials Degradation, 2023 - nature.com
Fouling of maritime infrastructure is pervasive due to abundant biological and chemical
activity within the oceanic environment. Marine biofilms and their successional growths are …

Comprehensive review on the use of biocides in microbiologically influenced corrosion

X Shi, R Zhang, W Sand, K Mathivanan, Y Zhang… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
A microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) causes huge economic losses and serious
environmental damage every year. The prevention and control measures for MIC mainly …

Optimization of sulfate leaching from Phosphogypsum for efficient bioreduction in a batch bioreactor using a sulfate-reducing microbial consortium

M Danouche, A Bounaga, R Boulif, Y Zeroual… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phosphogypsum (PG) is generated annually from phosphoric acid production. This by-
product contains 50% of sulfate (SO 4 2−), which can be recycled biologically. Biorecovery …

Quartz–H2–Brine Bacterium Wettability under Realistic Geo-Conditions: Towards Geological Hydrogen Storage

A Aftab, A Al-Yaseri, A Nzila, J Al Hamad… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this study, quartz substrates were incubated in sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) culture for
21 days at room temperature. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning …

Synergism of hydrolytic acidification and sulfate reducing bacteria for acid production and desulfurization in the anaerobic baffled reactor: High sulfate sewage …

J Li, S Tabassum - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
High sulfate concentrations in sewage wastewater restricts the application of treatment
technologies. In this present study, acid production-sulfate reduction reaction system …

Control and prevention of microbially influenced corrosion using cephalopod chitosan and its derivatives: A review

P Ramasamy, SV Dubal, S Jeyachandran… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) of metals is an important industrial problem, causing
300–500 billion dollars of economic loss worldwide each year. It is very challenging to …

Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells for methanol treatment using graphene electrodes

K Jawaharraj, P Sigdel, Z Gu, G Muthusamy… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photosynthetic microbial fuel cells (pMFC) represent a promising approach for treating
methanol (CH 3 OH) wastewater. However, their use is constrained by a lack of knowledge …

Unexpected increase of sulfate concentrations and potential impact on CH4 budgets in freshwater lakes

C Zhou, M Zhou, Y Peng, X Xu, A Terada, G Wang… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The continuous increase in sulfate (SO 4 2−) concentrations discharged by anthropogenic
activities lacks insights into their dynamics and potential impact on CH 4 budgets in …

Text-mining to identify gene sets involved in biocorrosion by sulfate-reducing bacteria: A Semi-Automated Workflow

P Thakur, MO Alaba, S Rauniyar, RN Singh, P Saxena… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
A significant amount of literature is available on biocorrosion, which makes manual
extraction of crucial information such as genes and proteins a laborious task. Despite the …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion: the gap in the field

E Puentes-Cala, V Tapia-Perdomo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microorganisms have evolved to inhabit virtually all environments on the planet, from
oceanic hot-seeps to pipelines transporting crude and refined hydrocarbons. Often microbial …