Cyanobacteria cause black staining of the National Museum of the American Indian Building, Washington, DC, USA

Biofouling

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-266

  Cappitelli, Francesca ^a   Salvadori, Ornella ^b   Albanese, Domenico ^a   Villa, Federica ^a   Sorlini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Scientifico   (Italy)

Author keywords

black staining; cyanobacteria; limestone; scytonemin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BUILDING; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; LIMESTONE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUSEUM;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOFILM; BUILDING MATERIAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHLOROPHYTA; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CYANOBACTERIA; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INDOLES; MUSEUMS; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GLOEOCAPSA; LYNGBYA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84859514784     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2012.671304     Document Type: Article

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