Anaerobic hydrocarbon and fatty acid metabolism by syntrophic bacteria and their impact on carbon steel corrosion

The microbial metabolism of hydrocarbons is increasingly associated with the corrosion of carbon steel in sulfate-rich marine waters. However, how such transformations influence metal biocorrosion in the absence of an electron acceptor is not fully recognized. We grew a marine alkane-utilizing, su...

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Main Authors: Christopher Neil Lyles, Huynh M Le, William Howard Beasley, Michael J McInerney, Joseph Michael Suflita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00114/full