Alternative method for monitoring the effect of inhibitors on sulfate reduction.
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Research Foundation in The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 29 (5), 335-344
- https://doi.org/10.2323/jgam.29.335
Abstract
A radiotracer technique using 35SO4 is presented as an alternative method for testing the efficacy of inhibitors of sulfate-reducing bacteria under environmental conditions. This method is compared with 2 other conventional techniques for evaluating biocide efficacy by testing microorganism survival. Differences between the methods are described. The radiotracer techniques gives a direct measure of the sulfate reduction rate and by using it the effect of inhibitors can be evaluated in situ. This method should be considered when choosing a test for the effects of biocides.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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