Cyanobacteria-containing biofilms from a Mayan monument in Palenque, Mexico
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...…Caneva et al. 2005; Macedo et al. 2009; Zucconi et al. 2012; OrtegaMorales et al. 2012; Bartoli et al. 2014) and T. aurea (Noguerol-Seoane and Rifon-Lastra 1996; Ramirez et al. 2010), whereas records of T. umbrina are only limited to Tropical areas (Gaylarde et al. 2006; Samad and Adhikary 2008)....
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...Apart from the aesthetical impact of phototrophic biofilms, in some cases, they can also be considered as bioprotective of stone materials, even if this role has not been comprehensively demonstrated (Cutler and Viles 2010; Ramirez et al. 2010; Pinna 2014)....
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...…been well documented and detailed described for some tropical areas, such East Asia (Wee and Lee 1980; Lee and Wee 1982; Ho et al. 1983; Bartoli et al. 2014) and Mesoamerica (Caneva et al. 2005; Gaylarde and Gaylarde 2005; Gaylarde et al. 2006; Ramirez et al. 2010; Ortega-Morales et al. 2012)....
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...1991; Kumar and Kumar 1999), or favor the acceleration of weathering processes (Warscheid and Braams 2000) as observed in Sites II and III of El Palacio....
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...artificial substrata can become colonized by communities of microorganisms enclosed in exopolysaccharide matrices called biofilms (Warscheid and Braams 2000; Di Pippo et al. 2009)....
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...Under suitable conditions, both natural and artificial substrata can become colonized by communities of microorganisms enclosed in exopolysaccharide matrices called biofilms (Warscheid and Braams 2000; Di Pippo et al. 2009)....
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...…can cause discoloration of stone surfaces (Hernández-Mariné et al. 2003) and mechanical and biochemical deterioration (Ortega-Calvo et al. 1991; Kumar and Kumar 1999), or favor the acceleration of weathering processes (Warscheid and Braams 2000) as observed in Sites II and III of El Palacio....
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...Survival strategies related to desiccation are well known (Potts 1999; Wynn-Williams 2000), and include the use of water retained within the substrata and the formation of protective, droughtresistant compounds (Gorbushina and Krumbein 2000)....
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...During the dry season, in which conditions were unfavorable, phototrophic microorganisms were hidden under the remains from the previous wet season and were protected by their respective resilience strategies (Potts 1999)....
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...These results are comparable with those of extreme habitats ranging from Antarctic communities (Büdel et al. 2008) to deserts (Garcia-Pichel and Belnap 1996; Wynn-Williams 2000)....
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