Cyanobacterial biofilms in monuments and caves

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 317-343

  Albertano, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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