Silver-Derived Antimicrobial Coatings for the Prevention of Microbial Biofilms in Metal Pipes Vela Cano, María García Montana, C. Osorio Robles, Francisco González Martínez, Alejandro González López, Jesús Juan Bioflm formation Silver coat Antimicrobial treatment Pilot-scale plan The authors of this study would like to acknowledge the financial and technical support of the CETAQUA Foundation; without the said support, this work would not have been possible. The datasets generated during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable reque Biodeterioration is one of the most important processes in metal pipeline corrosion, and it can be due to physical, chemical, and biological factors. Coatings rich in silver have been used to inhibit this undesirable phenomenon. In this study, the antimicrobial properties of several silver-containing products used as a coating in pipelines were determined on a pilot scale in order to evaluate the ability of silver to inhibit biofilm formation. The results showed that the coating with silver zeolite at a concentration of 2000 mg L-1 inhibited the formation of a microbial biofilm and prevented the biodeterioration process. Therefore, from our study, it can be concluded that silver zeolite shows greater protection capacity than other silver preparations and presents advantages in relation to other silver coatings that are currently available 2021-10-20T08:11:38Z 2021-10-20T08:11:38Z 2021-07-21 journal article Vela-Cano, M., Garcia-Fontana, C., Osorio, F. et al. Silver-Derived Antimicrobial Coatings for the Prevention of Microbial Biofilms in Metal Pipes. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 313 (2021). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05264-3] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71001 10.1007/s11270-021-05264-3 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Springer