Proteins identified through predictive metagenomics as potential biomarkers for the detection of microbiologically influenced corrosion.

ABSTRACT: The unpredictability of microbial growth and subsequent localized corrosion of steel can cause significant cost for the oil and gas industry, due to production downtime, repair, and replacement. Despite a long tradition of academic research and industrial experience, microbial corrosion is not yet fully understood and thus not effectively controlled. In particular, biomarkers suitable for diagnosing microbial corrosion which abstain from the detection of the classic signatures of sulfate-reducing bacteria are urgently required. In this study, a natural microbial community was enriched anaerobically with carbon steel coupons and in the presence of a variety of physical and chemical conditions. With the characterization of the microbiome and of its functional properties inferred through pred

SUBMITTER: Pilloni G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9113181 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature