Biodeterioration of building materials by cyanobacteria and algae
A study of the presence of cyanobacteria and algae in different building materials from Spain (Salamanca, Seville and Toledo Cathedrals) and Sweden (Lund Cathedral) and their possible relation to the stone decay was accomplished. Colonization of stone with the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus and the chlorophyte Klebsormidium flaccidum was also induced in the laboratory. In both field and laboratory samples, the microbial film, spontaneously detached, showed on its reverse side the presence of grains removed from the stone surface, thus causing mechanical deterioration on the colonized materials. © 1991.
Saved in:
Main Authors: | Ortega Calvo, J. J., Hernández Mariné, M., Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo |
---|---|
Other Authors: | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España) |
Format: | artículo biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
1991
|
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/58289 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007273 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Cyanobacteria and algae on historic buildings and monuments
by: Ortega Calvo, J. J., et al.
Published: (1993) -
Mechanical deterioration of building stones by cyanobacteria and algae
by: Ortega Calvo, J. J., et al.
Published: (1991) -
Colonization and deterioration processes in Roman mortars by cyanobacteria, algae and lichens
by: Ariño, Xavier, et al.
Published: (1996) -
Biodeterioration of Roman mosaics by bryophites
by: Gil, J. A., et al.
Published: (1992) -
Biodiversity of cyanobacteria and green algae on monuments in the Mediterranean Basin: An overview
by: Macedo, M. F., et al.
Published: (2009)