Urban endoliths: incidental microbial communities occurring inside concrete

Concrete is now a prevalent type of synthetic rock, and its production and usage have major environmental implications. Yet, assessments of ordinary concrete have rarely considered that concrete itself is potential habitat for a globally important microbial guild, the endolithic microbes, which live...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jordan Brown, Corona Chen, Melania Fernández, Deborah Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2023-03-01
Series:AIMS Microbiology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/microbiol.2023016?viewType=HTML