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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-06-01
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Series: | mSystems |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.01153-20 |