Dual anaerobic reactor model to study biofilm and microbiologically influenced corrosion interactions on carbon steel
Liam Jones, Maria Salta, Torben Lund Skovhus, Kathryn Thomas, Timothy Illson, Julian Wharton, Jeremy Webb · 2024
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Liam Jones and co-workers build a twin reactor system for studying microbe-driven corrosion of steel, in a 2024 paper. Microbial corrosion troubles shipping, offshore wind, and energy firms, but lab models that mimic real conditions are weak. Their dual setup runs two oxygen-free reactors side by side.
One reactor held sterile artificial seawater and the other the same water seeded with a mixed microbe community from marine shore sediment. Steel samples in both could be compared electrically at the same time. Gene sequencing showed the biofilm's main actors were electroactive bacteria, including sulfate and iron reducers. The authors offer the rig as a reproducible model of real corrosion settings.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Liam Jones, Maria Salta, Torben Lund Skovhus, Kathryn Thomas, Timothy Illson, Julian Wharton, Jeremy Webb |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 84 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |