Biofilms marine

Marin, M., Pedregosa, A. and Laborda, F. (1996). Emulsifier production and microscopical study of emulsions and biofilms formed by the hydrocarbonutilizing bacteria, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 44, 660-667. 

Nylund GM, Pavia H (2003) Inhibitory effects of red algal extracts on larval settlement of the barnacle Balanus improvisus. Mar Biol 143 875-882 Patel P, Callow ME, Joint I, Callow JA (2003) Specificity in the settlement - modifying response of bacterial biofilms towards zoospores of the marine alga Enteromorpha. Environ Microbiol 5 338-349... 

Wieczorek SK, Todd CD (1998) Inhibition and facilitation of settlement of epifaunal marine invertebrate larvae by microbial biofilm cues. Biofouling 12 81-118... 

Holmstrom, C. and Kjelleberg, S., Bacterial interactions with marine fouling organisms, Biofilms Recent Advances in their Study, Evans, L.V., Ed., Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 101, 2000. 

Rather than attempt an exhausting review of this literature, this chapter focuses mainly on papers published after 1990 that offer new insights into the role(s) of biofilms on hard surfaces in inducing settlement of larvae of marine invertebrate animals. See Pawlik3 for a good summary of earlier literature on the role of biofilms in the recruitment of invertebrate larvae. It is probably valid to say that most, if not all, members of the common fouling communities that have become widely distributed around the world due to their transport on ships are initiated when their larvae respond to bacterial films on submerged surfaces.29... 

The importance of marine biofilms for settlement of polychaete larvae has long been recognized. The spirorbid Janua brasiliensis releases larvae that show strong preferences for settlement on the green alga Ulva lobata. However, experimental evidence demonstrated that microbial films growing specifically on the surfaces of U. lobata contain the inductive cue for larval settlement of... 

Leroy C, Delbarre-Ladrat C, GhUlebaert F et al. (2008) Effects of commercial enzymes on the adhesion of a marine biofilm-forming bacterium. Biofouling 24 11-22... 

Some of the work on the breakdown of passive layers has been carried out in a marine environment, which is particularly important for the protection of ships. Although the main actor in passivity breakdown is still Cl , the situation is made more complex by the buildup of biofilms (films of dead marine bacteria) of great complexity on the metals concerned. 

The increase in cathodic kinetics due to the action of biofilms on passive alloy surfaces can also increase the propagation rate of galvanic corrosion. Potentiodynamic polarization studies show that cathodic kinetics are increased during biofilm formation on passive alloy surfaces. Tests on crevice corrosion samples of passive alloys S30400 and S31600 revealed that crevice initiation times were reduced when natural marine biofilms were allowed to form on the exposed external cathode surface. (Dexter)5... 

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