Bioinduced barium precipitation in St. Callixtus and Domitilla catacombs

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Sanchez Moral, S ^a   Luque, L ^a   Canaveras J C ^a   Laiz, L ^b   Jurado, V ^b   Hermosin, B ^b   Saiz Jimenez, C ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Barite; Biomineralization; Catacombs; ESEM; Witherite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 1942489859     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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