Biodegradation of atmospheric pollutants by fungi: A crucial point in the corrosion of carbonate building stone

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-396

  Moroni, Beatrice ^a   Pitzurra, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fungi; Limestone; Outdoor experiments; Particulate pollutants; Sulfation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; FUNGI; LIMESTONE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BUILDING STONES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; DRY DEPOSITION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; LONG TIME; MEMORY EFFECTS; OUTDOOR EXPERIMENTS; PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; STONE SAMPLES; SULFATION;

POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBONATE; COLONIZATION; CORROSION; FUNGUS; LIMESTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PERUGIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

FUNGI;

EID: 53449087907     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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