Bacterial Communities in Pigmented Biofilms Formed on the Sandstone Bas-Relief Walls of the Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia

The Bayon temple in Angkor Thom, Cambodia has shown serious deterioration and is subject to the formation of various pigmented biofilms. Because biofilms are damaging the bas-reliefs, low reliefs engraved on the surface of sandstone, information about the microbial community within them is indispens...

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Main Authors: Kusumi, Asako, Li, Xianshu, Osuga, Yu, Kawashima, Arata, Gu, Ji-Dong, Nasu, Masao, Katayama, Yoko
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology/The Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070708/