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The exploration of the effective methods to evaluate the stripping ability of bacteriacide to SRB biofilm

Yanan Wu (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)
Hongfang Liu (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)
Bijuan Zheng (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)
Shuang Qin (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)
Lei Chen (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)

Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials

ISSN: 0003-5599

Publication date: 7 November 2016

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper was to study some effective evaluation methods for the biocide performance on sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) biofilm.

Design/methodology/approach

The most probable number method, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), three-dimensional (3D) photos and epifluorescent microscopy were used in this study.

Findings

The results showed that the minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum bactericidal concentrations of them to sessile SRB were greatly more than planktonic SRB. The EIS of the two biocides indicated that the biofilm exposed to higher concentrations of biocide were much more compact and flat, which perfectly coincided with the SEM, 3D photos and the epifluorescent microscopies.

Originality/value

In this paper, it, thus, appears that these methods evaluating biocide performance on the SRB biofilm were really effective by comparing the performance of bis-quaternary ammonium salt (BAQS) and tetrakis hydroxymethyl phosphonium sulfate.

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Citation

Wu, Y., Liu, H., Zheng, B., Qin, S. and Chen, L. (2016), "The exploration of the effective methods to evaluate the stripping ability of bacteriacide to SRB biofilm", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 63 No. 6, pp. 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1108/ACMM-10-2014-1449

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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