Evaluation of biofilm assembly and microbial diversity on a freshwater, ferrous-hulled shipwreck.

ABSTRACT: Abandoned shipwrecks are sitting at the bottom of oceans, lakes, and rivers around the world. Over time, microbial-comprised biofilms can help protect wrecks against chemical corrosion or contribute to their deterioration through microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) by organisms including iron-oxidizing bacteria (FeOB) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Assessing the community assembly of these biofilms will give us a better understanding of the role these microbes play in MIC and the factors that influence it. Here, we determine if microbial community composition differs across a shallow freshwater ferrous-hulled shipwreck environment. Results suggest that there was a statistically significant difference among the sample types indicating the wreck environments around Accomac<

SUBMITTER: Shostak MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577750 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature