Microscopic, chemical, and molecular-biological investigation of the decayed medieval stained window glasses of two Catalonian churches

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 388-400

  Piñar, Guadalupe ^a   Garcia Valles, Maite ^b   Gimeno Torrente, Domingo ^b   Fernandez Turiel, Jose Luis ^c   Ettenauer, Jörg ^a   Sterflinger, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bio pitting; Biodeterioration; Microbial communities; Mineral precipitation; Molecular methods; Patinas; Stained glasses

Indexed keywords

BIO-PITTING; BIODETERIORATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR METHODS; PATINAS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROPHORESIS; FUNGI; MINERALS; PITTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS; RNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; STAINED GLASS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); WAVELENGTH;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CLADOSPORIUM; FIRMICUTES; FUNGI; PHOMA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84880327354     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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