Chapter 5 Microbial Deterioration of Stone Monuments-An Updated Overview

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-139

  Scheerer, Stefanie ^a   Ortega Morales, Otto ^b   Gaylarde, Christine ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARCHITECTURE; ART; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM; ESTHETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALGAE; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; ESTHETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SCULPTURE;

EID: 59349086945     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)00805-8     Document Type: Review

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