Marine bacteria weaken titanium’s protective oxide layer through electron transfer (IMAGE)

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Marine bacteria weaken titanium’s protective oxide layer through electron transfer

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This illustration shows how Shewanella algae biofilms create local oxygen-depleted microenvironments and use flavin-mediated extracellular electron transfer to reduce titanium’s protective oxide layer, resulting in passive film destabilization and accelerated corrosion.

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