Boundaries for Biofilm Formation: Humidity and Temperature
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 69 (8), 5006-5010
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.69.8.5006-5010.2003
Abstract
Environmental conditions which define boundaries for biofilm production could provide useful ecological information for biofilm models. A practical use of defined conditions could be applied to the high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Data for temperature and humidity conditions indicate that decreases in relative humidity or increased temperature severely affect biofilm formation on three candidate canister metals.Keywords
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