Do bacteria control rust?

I shall expand on the last answer.


Absolutely not. Iron plus water = rust.





put another way Fe + O2 = FE02

Do bacteria control rust?
no
Reply:there may be a certian type of bacteria but other than that probally not.
Reply:No, bacteria and rust have nothing to do with one another.
Reply:No... BUT... if the presence of the bacteria somehow means that there is a greater surface area to the iron (i.e. the iron being stripped off by the bacteria and left exposed), then the oxidation reaction causing the rust will be catalysed.





Aside from that, or other possible biochemical catalysis... the answer is an overwhelming NO.
Reply:Rust is the result of the oxidation of iron. Bacterial growth, in most cases, is a function of the availability of a reduced carbon food source in an appropriate environment.