New strategies for the monitoring and control of cyanobacterial films on valuable lithic faces

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-322

  Albertano, Patrizia ^a   Bruno, Laura ^a   Bellezza, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; EPS; Monochromatic lighting; Phototrophic biofilms; Stone biodeterioration

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 29244458190     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500500342256     Document Type: Article

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