Corrosion due to microbiologically mediated oxidation and reduction reactions of sulfur and sulfur-compounds is reviewed. Sulfur and sulfur compounds can produce pitting, crevice corrosion, dealloying, stress corrosion cracking, and stress-oriented hydrogen-induced cracking of susceptible metals and alloys.

Subject
Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfur, Corrosion rate, Iron sulfides, Iron, Minerals, Metals, Bacteria, Steel, Elemental sulfur, Sulfides, Copper, Oxidation
Keywords:
sulfate-reducing bacteria, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, corrosion
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