Characterization of aerobic bacterial and fungal microbiota on surfaces of historic Scottish monuments

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 494-508

  Suihko, Maija Liisa ^a   Alakomi, Hanna Leena ^a   Gorbushina, Anna ^b   Fortune, Irene ^c   Marquardt, Jürgen ^b   Saarela, Maria ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment   (Germany)

^c HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Arthrobacter; Biofilms; Cladosporium; Fungi; Historic monuments; Phialophora; Protective pigmentation; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S;

ACREMONIUM; ACTINOBACTERIA; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BUILDING; CLADOSPORIUM; DIATOM; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING; RNA GENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; STREPTOMYCES; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; ARTHROBACTER; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; CLADOSPORIUM; COCCOIDEA; DEINOCOCCUS; DYADOBACTER; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PHIALOPHORA; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES MICROFLAVUS; STREPTOMYCES VULGARIS; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 34547558960     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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