ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2016
Complementary Microorganisms in Highly Corrosive Biofilms from an Offshore Oil Production Facility.
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- The impact of alloying element Cu on corrosion and biofilms of 316L stainless steel exposed to seawater.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- Accelerated Iron Corrosion by Microbial Consortia Enriched from Slime-like Precipitates from a Corroded Metal Apparatus Deployed in a Deep-sea Hydrothermal System.Microbes and environments · 2024Article
- Microbially mediated metal corrosion.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2023Review
- Transcriptome-wide marker gene expression analysis of stress-responsive sulfate-reducing bacteria.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Steel in Marine Environments: A Review from Mechanisms to Prevention.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- The Isolation of Anaerobic and Facultative Anaerobic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria (SRB) and a Comparison of Related Enzymes in Their Sulfate Reduction Pathways.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Mitigation of carbon steel biocorrosion using a green biocide enhanced by a nature-mimicking anti-biofilm peptide in a flow loop.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2022Article
- Assessing Microbial Corrosion Risk on Offshore Crude Oil Production Topsides under Conditions of Nitrate and Nitrite Treatment for Souring.Microorganisms · 2022Article
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- Microbially induced corrosion impacts on the oil industry.Archives of microbiology · 2022Review
- Composition and Corrosivity of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from the Hydrocarbon-Degrading Sulfate-Reducing BacteriumMicroorganisms · 2021Article
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Abstract
Offshore oil production facilities are frequently victims of internal piping corrosion, potentially leading to human and environmental risks and significant economic losses. Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) is believed to be an important factor in this major problem for the petroleum industry. However, knowledge of the microbial communities and metabolic processes leading to corrosion is still limited. Therefore, the microbial communities from three anaerobic biofilms recovered from the inside of a steel pipe exhibiting high corrosion rates, iron oxide deposits, and substantial amounts of sulfur, which are characteristic of MIC, were analyzed in detail. Bacterial and archaeal community structures were investigated by automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, multigenic (16S rRNA and functional genes) high-throughput Illumina MiSeq sequencing, and quantitative PCR analysis. The microbial community analysis indicated that bacteria, particularly Desulfovibrio species, dominated the biofilm microbial communities. However, other bacteria, such as Pelobacter, Pseudomonas, and Geotoga, as well as various methanogenic archaea, previously detected in oil facilities were also detected. The microbial taxa and functional genes identified suggested that the biofilm communities harbored the potential for a number of different but complementary metabolic processes and that MIC in oil facilities likely involves a range of microbial metabolisms such as sulfate, iron, and elemental sulfur reduction. Furthermore, extreme corrosion leading to leakage and exposure of the biofilms to the external environment modify the microbial community structure by promoting the growth of aerobic hydrocarbon-degrading organisms.
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