Bacterial Communities in Concrete Reflect Its Composite Nature and Change with Weathering

Concrete is the most-used building material in the world and a biologically extreme environment, with a microbiome composed of bacteria that likely come from concrete precursor materials, aerosols, and environmental deposition. These microbes, though seeded from a variety of materials, are all subj...

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Main Authors: E. Anders Kiledal, Jessica L. Keffer, Julia A. Maresca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-06-01
Series:mSystems
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.01153-20