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 Acid-Producing Bacteria (APB)

Produce inorpnic or organic acids as metabolic by -products.

lAcmbially-produced inorganic acids are HNO3, H2S03, H2SO4, HNO2 and carbonic acid H2CO3.

Sulphurous acid and sulphuric acid - bacteria of the genera Thobadita. Other bacteria, such as Thiothrixand B(iatoa 0. Thithemiliare extremely acid tolerant and an
grow at a pH value of I.
Nitric acid and nitrous add - bacteria belonging to the grown of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidising bacteria.

sulphuric and nitric acid corrosion

- Resulting salts are water-soluble and, hence, a formation of a protective corrosion product layer is not passible.

- Due to the lowering of the pH, pmtecdve deporats formed on the surface, eg., calcium carbonate, can dissolve.

 Some bacteria eg Artidawmas aeniginasadalwate extracellular acidic polysaccharides such as alginic add, during biofilm formation on metal surfaces.

 These adds can be highly concentrated at the metal -biofilm interface by the diffusional resistance of the biofilm exopolymers, making i t impossible to accurately amen
the add concentration at the metal sutface from measurements made in the overlying bulk aqueous phase.
 Nficrosensors (ultramicroelectroda) which have beat used to probe the pH gradients within microbial biofilrra, revealed both horizontal and vertical variations in pH
values at the biofilm / metal interface.

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