What is it about?
Corrosion-producing microorganisms have different physiology and include sulfate-reducing bacteria, iron oxidizers, and magnesium oxidizers. Biocorrosion has been seen in various industries, especially the petrochemicals and oil industries. One proposal to solve this problem is the use of bacteriophages to treat the bacteria-caused corrosion. The aims of this study were isolation and identification of corrosion-producing bacteria from petroleum pipeline corrosion as well as finding their specific bacteriophages for phage therapy purposes.
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Why is it important?
With the increase of extraction and transportation of petroleum around the world, finding eco-friendly methods for conservation of pipelines are very important.
Perspectives
Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long-standing collaborations. This article also lead to phage therapy as one of the great methods and opportunities for solving environmental issues.
Arezoo Pedramfar
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This page is a summary of: Phage therapy of corrosion-producing bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia using isolated lytic bacteriophages, Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, November 2017, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/acmm-02-2017-1755.
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