The revenge of time: Fungal deterioration of cultural heritage with particular reference to books, paper and parchment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Sterflinger, Katja ^a   Pinzari, Flavia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Laboratorio di Biologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; BOOK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; INFORMATION CENTER; PAPER; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; TIME;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BOOKS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; FUNGI; HISTORY; LIBRARY MATERIALS; MUSEUMS; PAPER; TIME;

FUNGI;

EID: 84857910308     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02584.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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