Deteriorating effects of lichen and microbial colonization of carbonate building rocks in the Romanesque churches of Segovia (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1123-1134

  de los Ríos, Asunción ^a   Cámara, Beatriz ^a   García del Cura, Ma Ángeles ^b   Rico, Víctor J ^c   Galván, Virginia ^d   Ascaso, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Universidad SEK   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Carbonate rocks; Lichens; Microcolonial fungi; Porosity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; DETERIORATION; FUNGI; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LANTHANUM; LIMESTONE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POROSITY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

BIODETERIORATION; CARBONATE ROCKS; LICHENS; MICROCOLONIAL FUNGI; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ROCKS;

CARBONIC ACID; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; LIMESTONE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBONATE ROCK; COLONIZATION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLIMATE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPAIN;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CLIMATE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FUNGI; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPAIN;

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

FUNGI;

EID: 57049097527     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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