Structural analysis of a biofilm which enhances carbon steel corrosion in nutritionally poor aquatic environments

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-556

  Tanji, Yasunori ^a   Morono, Yuhki ^a   Soejima, Aya ^a   Hori, Katsutoshi ^a   Unno, Hajime ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Carbon steel; Corrosion; Microbiologically influenced corrosion; Microelectrode

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON STEEL; CELLS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; STEEL CORROSION;

INOCULATION; MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION (MIC);

BIOFILMS;

STEEL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFUR BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033405192     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(00)87674-4     Document Type: Article

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