Reproducing stone monument photosynthetic-based colonization under laboratory conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 278-285

  Miller, Ana Zélia ^a   Laiz, Leonila ^b   Gonzalez, Juan Miguel ^b   Dionísio, Amélia ^c   Macedo, Maria Filomena ^a   Saiz Jimenez, Cesareo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Colonization experiment; Laboratory chamber; Limestone; Phototrophic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; COLLOIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXPERIMENTS; FUNGI; GELATION; GENES; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODETERIORATION; COLONIZATION EXPERIMENT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS ANALYSIS; LABORATORY CHAMBER; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIMESTONE; MICRO ALGAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOTROPHIC MICROORGANISMS; RIBOSOMAL RNA; STONE MONUMENTS; STONE SAMPLES; TREBOUXIA;

LABORATORIES;

LIMESTONE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; GREEN ALGA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; CHLORELLA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GREEN ALGA; METHODOLOGY; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STICHOCOCCUS; TREBOUXIA;

ALGAE, GREEN; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPTOLYNGBYA; PLEUROCAPSA; STICHOCOCCUS; TREBOUXIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 53049094900     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.066     Document Type: Article

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