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d-Tyrosine enhancement of microbiocide mitigation of carbon steel corrosion by a sulfate reducing bacterium biofilm

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Microbiocides are used to control problematic microorganisms. High doses of microbiocides cause environmental and operational problems. Therefore, using microbiocide enhancers to make microbiocides more efficacious is highly desirable. 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA) is a popular biodegradable microbiocide. d-Amino acids have been used in lab tests to enhance microbiocides to treat microbial biofilms. In this investigation, d-tyrosine was used to enhance DBNPA against Desulfovibrio vulgaris biofilm on C1018 carbon steel. After 7 days of incubation, the mass loss of coupons without treatment chemicals in the ATCC 1249 culture medium was found to be 3.1 ± 0.1 mg/cm2. With 150 ppm (w/w) DBNPA in the culture medium, the mass loss was reduced to 1.9 ± 0.1 mg/cm2 accompanied by a 1-log reduction in the sessile cell count. The 150 ppm DBNPA + 1 ppm d-tyrosine combination attained an extra 3-log reduction in sessile cell count and an additional 30% reduction in mass loss compared with 150 ppm DBNPA only treatment. The combination also led to a smaller maximum pit depth. Linear polarization resistance (LPR), electrochemical impedance spectrometry (EIS), and potentiodynamic polarization (PDP) tests corroborated the enhancement effects.

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This project was financed by PTT Exploration and Production, Thailand. T. Unsal was funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-2219). Parts of this work were from Corrosion/2020 Conference Paper 2020-14527 with permission.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA

    T. Unsal, D. Wang & T. Gu

  2. Institute of Marine Sciences and Management, Istanbul University, 34134, Vefa, Istanbul, Turkey

    T. Unsal

  3. PTT Exploration and Production, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    S. Kumseranee & S. Punpruk

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Unsal, T., Wang, D., Kumseranee, S. et al. d-Tyrosine enhancement of microbiocide mitigation of carbon steel corrosion by a sulfate reducing bacterium biofilm. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 37, 103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-021-03072-9

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