Influence of atmospheric pollutants on the biodeterioration of stone

Zanardini, Elisabetta; Abbruscato, Pamela; Ghedini, Nadia; Realini, Marco; Sorlini, C.

doi:10.1016/s0964-8305(00)00043-3

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“…Air pollution resulting from anthropogenic sources such as electric utilities, domestic heating and transportation have increased the atmospheric pollutants and their deposition on stone surfaces. The complex physical and chemical interactions of atmospheric pollutants with the mineral material have accelerated the decay of stones (Warscheid and Braams, 2000;Zanardini et al, 2000;Tecer and Cerit, 2002). Microbiological deterioration, caused by microorganisms growing on the material surfaces, follows the chemical deterioration (Zanardini et al, 2000).…”

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“…The complex physical and chemical interactions of atmospheric pollutants with the mineral material have accelerated the decay of stones (Warscheid and Braams, 2000;Zanardini et al, 2000;Tecer and Cerit, 2002). Microbiological deterioration, caused by microorganisms growing on the material surfaces, follows the chemical deterioration (Zanardini et al, 2000). Biodeterioration has usually been considered to be a degradation process following the initial deteriorating effects of inorganic agents.…”

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“…These agents were thought to condition stone surfaces for microbial contamination due to structural changes and the enrichment of inorganic and organic nutrient substrates. The microorganisms present on external stone walls of building are fungi, bacteria (including actinomycetes), algae (including cyanobacteria), lichens and protozoa (Warscheid and Braams, 2000;Zanardini et al, 2000;Tomaselli et al, 2000).…”

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“…Until recently, biodeteriorative colonisers of the stone materials were considered to be autotrophic microorganisms, capable of surviving on inorganic substrates, because of their capacity to utilise CO 2 , and it was considered that the heterotrophics could colonise the stone substrates only later, in accordance to a real ecological succession, utilising the organic substances released by the cellular lysis of the autotrophics (Zanardini et al, 2000). The recent researches demonstrated that numerous heterotrophic microorganisms present on the stonework can utilize, for their growth, the airborne organic compounds settled on the stone surface.…”

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The accelerating effects of the microorganisms on biodeterioration of stone monuments under air pollution and continental-cold climatic conditions in Erzurum, Turkey

Nuhoğlu

Oğuz

Uslu

et al. 2006

Science of The Total Environment

104

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The aim of this research was to determine the accelerating effects of microorganisms on the biodeterioration of stone under air pollution and continental-cold climatic region in Erzurum, Turkey.Studies have been carried out on specimens of the Rustempasa Bazaar, the Lalapasa Mosque, the Erzurum Castle Mosque, the Double Minarets-Madrasah, the Great Mosque and the Haji Mehmet Fountain aged from 441 to 823 years old. The results showed that vegetative and reproductive (generative) forms of the microorganisms could develop during the winter months when the night time average temperature was even À25 8C. Also the reproductive forms had developed and the whole stone surface was covered with a biofilm caused by the microorganisms. Silicon, aluminum, calcium, potassium, titanium, magnesium, zinc, sulfur, iron, sodium, and niobium were found in the stones of the historical buildings with varying amounts through the SEM-EDS analysis. Some of these elements could be used as an energy resource for the microorganisms together with the air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particles on the stone surfaces. Of 21 isolates, 15 species from 6 bacterium genera and 5 species from 5 fungi genera plus 1 fungi genera were identified on the deteriorated stone surfaces even during the coldest months by microbial identification system (MIS) and these findings were tested by SEM investigations. D

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The accelerating effects of the microorganisms on biodeterioration of stone monuments under air pollution and continental-cold climatic conditions in Erzurum, Turkey

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“…Open-air sculptures and historic buildings exposed to weather and pollution are deteriorated by physical and chemical factors, as well as by microbial contamination (Saiz-Jimenez 1995;Zanardini et al 2000;Polo et al 2010).…”

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Cryptogam covers on sepulchral monuments and re-colonization of a marble surface after cleaning

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Re-colonization of freshly cleaned surfaces by aeroterrestrial microbial communities is up to now poorly understood. Here, we present a comparative study addressing the composition of algal and fungal communities on a marble sculpture, based upon the analysis of 18S rRNA gene clone libraries from environmental samples. The samples were taken from a blackish and greenish biofilm cover before surface cleaning and 1 year after cleaning treatment, when traces of re-colonization became visible to the naked eye. The composition of the fungal community indicated clear differences between the old grown biofilm and the treated surface. While the former was dominated by the ascomycetes Rhinocladiella, Glyphium and Capnodiales, the black yeast Sarcinomyces was clearly dominant 1 year after cleaning, but could not be retrieved from the old grown black biofilm. The green algal community was dominated by different phylotypes of the lichen algae Trebouxia, as well as the cosmopolitan green algae Apatococcus and Stichococcus. No essential differences in the green algal community before and after cleaning could be observed.

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Biodeterioration of Mineral Materials

Gaylarde

Morton

2003

Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology

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Biofilms and Mineral Materials Deterioration Processes Nonbiological Weathering Processes Biological Weathering—Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Silicon and Silicates Limestone, Shale, and Sandstone Cement and Concrete

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Influence of atmospheric pollutants on the biodeterioration of stone

Cited by 64 publications

References 10 publications

The accelerating effects of the microorganisms on biodeterioration of stone monuments under air pollution and continental-cold climatic conditions in Erzurum, Turkey

The accelerating effects of the microorganisms on biodeterioration of stone monuments under air pollution and continental-cold climatic conditions in Erzurum, Turkey

Cryptogam covers on sepulchral monuments and re-colonization of a marble surface after cleaning

Biodeterioration of Mineral Materials

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