Microbially mediated metal corrosion

D Xu, T Gu, DR Lovley - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
A wide diversity of microorganisms, typically growing as biofilms, has been implicated in
corrosion, a multi-trillion dollar a year problem. Aerobic microorganisms establish conditions …

Electromicrobiology: the ecophysiology of phylogenetically diverse electroactive microorganisms

DR Lovley, DE Holmes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Electroactive microorganisms markedly affect many environments in which they establish
outer-surface electrical contacts with other cells and minerals or reduce soluble extracellular …

Direct microbial electron uptake as a mechanism for stainless steel corrosion in aerobic environments

E Zhou, F Li, D Zhang, D Xu, Z Li, R Jia, Y Jin, H Song… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is an attractive model microbe for elucidating the biofilm-metal
interactions that contribute to the billions of dollars in corrosion damage to industrial …

Stainless steel corrosion via direct iron-to-microbe electron transfer by Geobacter species

HY Tang, C Yang, T Ueki, CC Pittman, D Xu… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Microbial corrosion of iron-based materials is a substantial economic problem. A
mechanistic understanding is required to develop mitigation strategies, but previous …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion—more than just microorganisms

J Knisz, R Eckert, LM Gieg, A Koerdt… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) is a phenomenon of increasing concern that
affects various materials and sectors of society. MIC describes the effects, often negative …

Accelerated biocorrosion of stainless steel in marine water via extracellular electron transfer encoding gene phzH of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

E Zhou, M Zhang, Y Huang, H Li, J Wang, G Jiang… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) constantly occurs in water/wastewater systems,
especially in marine water. MIC contributes to billions of dollars in damage to marine …

Accelerated Microbial Corrosion by Magnetite and Electrically Conductive Pili through Direct Fe0‐to‐Microbe Electron Transfer

Y Jin, E Zhou, T Ueki, D Zhang, Y Fan, D Xu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrobiocorrosion, the process in which microbes extract electrons from metallic iron (Fe0)
through direct Fe0‐microbe electrical connections, is thought to contribute to the costly …

Extracellular Electron Exchange Capabilities of Desulfovibrio ferrophilus and Desulfopila corrodens

D Liang, X Liu, TL Woodard, DE Holmes… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbial extracellular electron transfer plays an important role in diverse biogeochemical
cycles, metal corrosion, bioelectrochemical technologies, and anaerobic digestion …

Biogenic H2S and extracellular electron transfer resulted in two-coexisting mechanisms in 90/10 Cu-Ni alloy corrosion by a sulfate-reducing bacteria

Y Pu, W Dou, YF Cheng, S Chen, Z Xu, Z Chen - Corrosion Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of 90/10 copper-nickel (Cu-Ni) alloy in the
presence of anaerobic Desulfovibrio vulgaris was investigated in this work. The corrosion …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion inhibition mechanisms in corrosion protection: A review

Y Lou, W Chang, T Cui, J Wang, H Qian, L Ma, X Hao… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial activities can change the properties of biofilm/metal interfaces to accelerate or
decelerate the corrosion of metals in a given environment. Microbiologically influenced …