H2 Is a Major Intermediate in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Corrosion of Iron
ABSTRACT Desulfovibrio vulgaris has been a primary pure culture sulfate reducer for developing microbial corrosion concepts.Multiple mechanisms for how it accepts electrons from Fe0 have been proposed.We investigated Fe0 oxidation with a mutant of Sleep Tops D.vulgaris in which hydrogenase genes were deleted.The hydrogenase mutant grew as well as t