The effect of corrosion inhibitors on microbial communities associated with corrosion in a model flow cell system.

A model flow cell system was designed to investigate pitting corrosion in pipelines associated with microbial communities. A microbial inoculum producing copious amounts of H₂S was enriched from an oil pipeline biofilm sample. Reservoirs containing a nutrient solution and the microbial inoculum were pumped continuously through six flow cells containing mild steel corrosion coupons.

Molecular tools to track bacteria responsible for fuel deterioration and microbiologically influenced corrosion.

Investigating the susceptibility of various fuels to anaerobic biodegradation has become complicated with the recognition that the fuels themselves are not sterile. Bacterial DNA could be obtained when various fuels were filtered through a hydrophobic teflon (0.22 μm) membrane filter.

Involvement of thermophilic archaea in the biocorrosion of oil pipelines.

Two thermophilic archaea, strain PK and strain MG, were isolated from a culture enriched at 80°C from the inner surface material of a hot oil pipeline. Strain PK could ferment complex organic nitrogen sources (e.g.

Isolation and characterization of Bacillus thioparus sp. nov., chemolithoautotrophic, thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium.

A novel bacterium, strain BMP-1(T), was isolated from a continuous wastewater treatment culture system operating with a bacterial consortium. Cells of the isolate were Gram-variable, aerobic, moderately halotolerant, motile and endospore-forming rods. Strain BMP-1(T) grew chemolithoautotrophically by oxidation of thiosulfate to sulfate with a growth yield of 1.