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Culturing wood-degrading erosion bacteria

  • Thomas Nilsson
  • , Charlotte Björdal Gjelstrup

    Publikation: Bidrag till tidskriftArtikel i vetenskaplig tidskriftPeer review

    Sammanfattning

    Wood-degrading erosion bacteria have been successfully cultured from archaeological wood and wood samples of foundation piles. Mixed cultures of bacteria with erosion bacteria present were obtained from a large number of wood samples. The liquid medium used and the conditions for culturing are described. Erosion bacterial activity occurred only in cultures where access to air was limited. Microscopy was used to confirm bacterial degradation of pine wood and kapok fibres. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    OriginalspråkEngelska
    Sidor (från-till)3-10
    Antal sidor8
    TidskriftInternational Biodeterioration and Biodegradation
    Volym61
    Nummer1
    DOI
    StatusPublicerad - 2008

    Nyckelord

    • archaeological wood
    • culturing
    • decay
    • erosion bacteria
    • foundation piles
    • kapok fibres
    • wood

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