Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and green algae on monuments in the Mediterranean Basin: An overview

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3476-3490

  Macedo, Maria Filomena ^a   Miller, Ana Zélia ^a   Dionísio, Amélia ^b   Saiz Jimenez, Cesareo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOLOMITE; GLEOCAPSA; GLOEOTHECE; GRANITE; GREEN ALGA; LYNGBYA; MARBLE; MATERIAL STATE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROCOLEUS; PHORMIDIUM; PLECTONEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SANDSTONE; SCYTONEMU; SURFACE PROPERTY; TAXONOMY; TRAVERTINE;

CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROCOCCUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROOCOCCUS; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; PHORMIDIUM; STICHOCOCCUS;

EID: 70450260433     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032508-0     Document Type: Review

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