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- Author(s): Schneider, David
- Source:
Scientific American. Dec98, Vol. 279 Issue 6, p40. 2p.
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- Abstract:
Explains the work of scientists who are developing bacteria to prevent corrosion in water-carrying metal pipes. Problems with bacterial films that coat the interiors of such pipes; Difficulty in preventing corrosion from sulfate-reducing bacteria; Comments from David C. White of the University of Tennessee; Research by Thomas K. Wood of the University of Connecticut, and James C. Earthman of the University of California at Irvine; Concerns about bacterial interactions.
