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Eco-Friendly Bacterial Strains as Corrosion Inhibitors for Mild Steel in the Red Sea Water Cover

Eco-Friendly Bacterial Strains as Corrosion Inhibitors for Mild Steel in the Red Sea Water

Polish Journal of Microbiology
Volume 74 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: HANAN SAYFAYN,  AISHA M. A. TURKUSTANI,  HANAA E.A. AMER,  RUKAIA M. GASHGARI,  AISHA H. AL-MOUBARAKI,  ALAA A. ALNAHARI,  AHMED AL-HEJIN,  NOOR M. BATAWEEL,  LAILA A. DAMIATI and  RUBA ABDULRAHMAN ASHY  
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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2025-023 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 289 - 305
Submitted on: May 6, 2025
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Accepted on: Jul 6, 2025
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Published on: Sep 16, 2025
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
corrosion inhibitors,
microorganisms,
The Red Sea,
mild steel,
seawater,
electrochemical measurements
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Microbiology and virology

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