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THE classical theory of anaerobic bacterial corrosion, postulated by von Wolzogen Kühr and van der Vlugt1, states that certain organisms, primarily those of the bacterial genus Desulfovibrio, remove hydrogen (electrons) that accumulate on the surface of iron (cathodic depolarization) by means of a hydrogenase, and reduce SO4−− to S−−. As a result of electron removal, iron dissolves as Fe++ ions at the anode.
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IVERSON, W. Corrosion of Iron and Formation of Iron Phosphide by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans. Nature 217, 1265–1267 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171265a0
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