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Biofouling of crypts of historical and architectural interest at la Plata Cemetery (Argentina)
- Source :
- Journal of Cultural Heritage, ISSN 1296-2074, 2012-07, Vol. 13, No. 3, Archivo Digital UPM, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM), 2012.
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Abstract
- Cemeteries are part of the cultural heritage of urban communities, containing funerary crypts and monuments of historical and architectural interest. Efforts aimed at the conservation of these structures must target not only the abiotic stresses that cause their destruction, such as light and humidity, but also biofouling by biotic agents. The purpose of this study was to assess the development of biofouling of several historically and architecturally valuable crypts at La Plata Cemetery (Argentina). Samples obtained from the biofilms, lichens, and fungal colonies that had developed on the marble surfaces and cement mortar of these crypts were analyzed by conventional microbiological techniques and by scanning electron microscopy. The lichens were identified as Caloplaca austrocitrina, Lecanora albescens, Xanthoparmelia farinosa and Xanthoria candelaria, the fungi as Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp., Candida sp. and Rhodotorula sp., and the bacteria as Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. The mechanisms by which these microorganisms cause the aesthetic and biochemical deterioration of the crypts are discussed. © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. Fil: Guiamet, Patricia Sandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina Fil: Rosato, Vilma Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Laboratorio de Entrenamiento Multidisciplinario para la Investigación Tecnológica, La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional; Argentina Fil: Gómez de Saravia, Sandra Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina Fil: Coto García, Ana María. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; España Fil: Moreno, Diego A.. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; España
- Subjects :
- Archeology
Materials Science (miscellaneous)
Ingeniería Arquitectónica
INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS
Conservation
010501 environmental sciences
Xanthoria candelaria
FUNERARY MONUMENT
01 natural sciences
Biofouling
03 medical and health sciences
Lecanora albescens
CEMENT
11. Sustainability
Lichen
Candida sp
Spectroscopy
Cement mortar
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abiotic component
CRYPT
0303 health sciences
MORTAR
Materiales
biology
030306 microbiology
Ecology
biology.organism_classification
Ingeniería Civil y de la Construcción
MARBLE
Ingeniería Civil
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
CULTURAL HERITAGE
Xanthoparmelia
BIOFOULING
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cultural Heritage, ISSN 1296-2074, 2012-07, Vol. 13, No. 3, Archivo Digital UPM, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....435dbdf6f76ab963e6ce5ee72a553a5c