RT Journal Article
T1 Laboratory development of subaerial biofilms commonly found on buildings. A methodological review
A1 Fuentes Alonso, Elsa
A1 Vázquez Nión, Daniel
A1 Prieto Lamas, Beatriz
K1 Buildings
K1 Biodeterioration
K1 Methodologies
K1 Subaerial biofilms formation
AB Study of the biodeterioration of building materials is often hampered by the inaccessibility of the colonization and impossibility of sampling in protected buildings considered part of the cultural heritage. There is therefore a recognised need to develop a laboratory mesocosm that realistically represents nature and enables the study and analysis of both the substrate and the organisms involved. Although many studies have investigated the formation of biofilms on various building materials, there is a lack of homogeneity and consensus in the methods and protocols used, which hampers comparison of the results obtained. This review aims to identify the different methods reported in the scientific literature, to organise these according to different factors (water access and types of organism and substrata used) and thus provide the research community with a guide for selecting the most appropriate methods according to the different objectives
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29459
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29459
LA eng
NO Building and Environment 223 (2022) 109451
NO This study was partly financed through project CGL2016-79778-R (AEI/FEDER, UE) and Xunta de Galicia (ED431 2018/32). E. Fuentes was financially supported by a PhD Fellowship-Contract MICINN (BES-2017-079927)
DS Minerva
RD 30 abr 2026