Anticorrosion/antifouling properties of bacterial spore-loaded sol–gel type coating for mild steel in saline marine condition: a case of thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformis

Abstract

Novel hybrid sol–gel coating was developed, doped further with inhibitive pigments and biofilm of protective thermophilic strain of<italic>Bacillus licheniformis</italic>, and tested as anticorrosive/antifouling coating for mild steel in lab and field-beach side.