In situ microscopical diagnosis of biodeterioration processes at the convent of Santa Cruz la Real, Segovia, Spain

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 113-120

  De Los Ríos, Asunción ^a   Galván, Virginia ^b   Ascaso, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b Universidad SEK   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration biofilms; Biomobilization; Electron microscopy; Lichens; Lithobionts

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BIODETERIORATION; X-RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; LICHEN;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEGOVIA [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI;

EID: 4344703604     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2004.03.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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