It is a bacterial infection of pseudomonas. It has been believed for a long time that exposing pseudomonas to the air (oxygen) will destroy it so it is safe to reapply a new coating. In recent years research has discovered that this type of bacteria can survive with or without oxygen so this is not the case.
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