| characterization of aerobic bacterial and fungal microbiota on surfaces of historic scottish monuments. | twenty samples were taken from the inner or outer surfaces of stone monuments of six historic scottish buildings and ruins. biofilms developing on mineral substrates were analysed by in situ scanning electron microscopy and cultivation. various methods were used to characterize the isolates including automated ribotyping, rapd and sequencing of the 16s rrna gene for bacteria, and stereomicroscopy and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacers (its) for fungi. most samples contained microbes ... | 2007 | 17583461 |