Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages 82-90Publisher
JOURNAL MATER SCI TECHNOL
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2020.03.089
Keywords
Bacillus subtilis; Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Biomineralized film; Anticorrosion; Steel
Funding
- National Basic Research Program of China [2016YFB0300700]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41976039, 41606179, 51901127]
- Shanghai Natural Science Fund [19ZR1422100]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M641980]
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This study introduced an environmental approach to protect steels from corrosion in a multi-species bacterial environment via synergistic biomineralization. The mixed bacteria generated a more compact and protective film compared to single bacteria. Different bacterial groups exhibited different synergistic mechanisms, such as increasing pH, secreting carbonic anhydrase, and inhibiting corrosive bacteria through growth advantage.
Metal corrosion often results in incalculable economic loss and significant safety hazards. Although numerous traditional methods have been used to mitigate the issue, such as coating and corrosion inhibitors, they are environmentally unfriendly and difficult to maintain. Therefore, in this study, an environmental approach was taken to protect steels from corrosion in a multi-species bacterial environment via synergistic biomineralization. The marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica mixed with Bacillus subtilis or Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains offered extraordinary corrosion protection for steel. The surface characterization and electrochemical tests showed that the biomineralized film generated by the mixed bacteria was more compact and protective than that induced by a single bacterium. Herein, we found that the synergistic mechanisms were rather different for the different bacterial groups. For Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica and Bacillus subtilis group, the related mechanisms were due to the increase of pH in the medium, secretion of carbonic anhydrase. As for Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa group, the synergistic mechanism was attributed to the inhibiting corrosive bacteria in biofilm by the growth advantage of Pseudoalteromonas lipolytica. Therefore, this study may introduce a new perspective for future use of biomineralization in a real marine environment. (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The editorial office of Journal of Materials Science & Technology.
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