The bacterial aetiology of rosy discoloration of ancient wall paintings

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2894-2902

  Imperi, Francesco ^a,b   Caneva, Giulia ^a   Cancellieri, Laura ^a   Ricci, Maria A ^a   Sodo, Armida ^a   Visca, Paolo ^a,b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; METABOLISM; PAINTING; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; COLOR; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PAINTINGS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; RUBROBACTER; RUBROBACTER RADIOTOLERANS;

EID: 35148850485     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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