A review of microbial decay types found in wooden objects of cultural heritage recovered from buried and waterlogged environments

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 13, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Singh, Adya P ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial erosion; Bacterial tunneling; Buried and waterlogged environments; Cell wall degradation; Conservation; Microbial deterioration; Soft rot; Wooden objects of cultural heritage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866004768     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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