Boundaries for biofilm formation: humidity and temperature

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.

Part of CIRS Nexus · Curated by Lauren Lowenstein, The Biotoxin Lady