Application of calcifying bacteria for remediation of stones and cultural heritages

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Dhami, Navdeep Kaur ^a   Sudhakara Reddy, M ^a   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm; Calcite; Extrapolymeric substances; Limestone; Microbial carbonates; Urease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIMESTONE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; UREA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGA; ARCHITECTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BUILDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; CHEMOHETEROTROPH; CHEMOORGANOTROPH; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETERIORATION; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; HYDROLYSIS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); LYSINIBACILLUS SPHAERICUS; MACROMOLECULE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM;

EID: 84904876263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00304     Document Type: Review

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