Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Stainless Steel by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Supplemented with Pyrite: Importance of Thiosulfate
Abstract
MIC of industrial equipment, gas pipelines, and military material leads to billions of dollars in damage annually. Thus, there is a clear need to better understand MIC processes and chemistries as efforts are made to ameliorate these effects. Additionally, A. ferrooxidans is a valuable acidophile with high metal tolerance which can continuously generate ferric iron, making it critical to copper and other biomining operations as well as a potential biocatalyst for electronic waste recycling. New MIC mechanisms may expand the utility of these cells in future metal resource recovery operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1128/aem.01381-19
Entities
People
- Alan C West
- Jonathan T. Vardner
- Scott Banta
- Shirley Xu
- Yuta Inaba
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- Columbia University