Enumeration of sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms on deteriorating stone of the angkor monuments, Cambodia

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-298

  Li, Xianshu ^a   Arai, Hideo ^b   Shimoda, Ichita ^c   Kuraishi, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Independent Administrative Institution National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angkor monuments; Biodeterioration; Chemoorganotrophs; Stone weathering; Sulfur oxidizing microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349917779     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08521     Document Type: Article

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