Microscopy, microbial corrosion

When coupled with observation of the surface by various techniques, the chemical data from microelectrodes can be correlated with the positions of microbial colonies and corrosion sites on the metal surface. Franklin et al. [97] have used confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to image microbes preferentially attached to corroding particles of zinc and iron. Xu [47] has used both CLSM and epifluorescence microscopy to image colonies of microorganisms associated with various combinations of oxygen, peroxide, and manganese revealed by the Au-Hg microelectrodes on passive metal surfaces. 

J. Telegdi, Z. Keresztes, G Palinkas, E. Kalman, and W. Sand, Microbially influenced corrosion visualized by atomic force microscopy, Appl. Phys. 

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