Advantages of using microbial technology over traditional chemical technology in removal of black crusts from stone surfaces of historical monuments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5671-5675

  Cappitelli, Francesca ^a   Toniolo, Lucia ^b   Sansonetti, Antonio ^c   Gulotta, Davide ^b   Ranalli, Giancarlo ^d   Zanardini, Elisabetta ^e   Sorlini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BLACK CRUSTS; CHEMICAL TREATMENT; MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL CLEANING; GYPSUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

MARBLE;

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; SODIUM SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; CALCITE; CHEMICAL METHOD; GYPSUM; MONUMENT; SODIUM;

ART; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARCHITECTURE; ART; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBONATES; COLOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; EDETIC ACID; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PATINA;

EID: 34548509892     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00394-07     Document Type: Article

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