Molecular characterizations of microbial communities fouling painted and unpainted concrete structures

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-40

  Giannantonio, David J ^a   Kurth, Jonah C ^b   Kurtis, Kimberly E ^b   Sobecky, Patricia A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Biofouling; Concrete; Fungi; Internal transcribed spacer

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BIOFOULING; CLONING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DNA; FUNGI; GENES; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LIBRARIES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION;

16S RRNA; ACRYLIC PAINTS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLONE LIBRARIES; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; FUNGAL COMMUNITIES; FUNGAL GENERA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCES; GENOMIC DNAS; GEORGIA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATIONS; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; PHYLOTYPES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

CLONE; COATING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCRETE; FOULING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALTERNARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLADOSPORIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; UDENIOMYCES;

EID: 58149147480     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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