Author: Roger M. Rowell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Combining chemistry with techniques of preserving archaeological wood, these 17 essays are based on current understanding of the structure of wood and the mechanisms of its degradation. Topics include the chemical composition of wood and changes brought about by the decay process, biopredators, curing and preservation techniques, museum environments, and the ethics of conservation. For conservators and wood-oriented scientists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Wood Deterioration, Protection and Maintenance
Author: Ladislav Reinprecht
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119106524
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Wood Deterioration, Protection and Maintenance provides an up to date discussion of the natural durability of wood, wood degradation processes, and methods of structural and chemical protection of wood. Modern active substances in wood preservatives and the relationships between preservative properties, the anatomical structure and moisture content of wood and protective processes involving pressure and/or diffusion driving forces are fully illustrated.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119106524
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Wood Deterioration, Protection and Maintenance provides an up to date discussion of the natural durability of wood, wood degradation processes, and methods of structural and chemical protection of wood. Modern active substances in wood preservatives and the relationships between preservative properties, the anatomical structure and moisture content of wood and protective processes involving pressure and/or diffusion driving forces are fully illustrated.
Archaeological Wood
Author: Roger M. Rowell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Combining chemistry with techniques of preserving archaeological wood, these 17 essays are based on current understanding of the structure of wood and the mechanisms of its degradation. Topics include the chemical composition of wood and changes brought about by the decay process, biopredators, curing and preservation techniques, museum environments, and the ethics of conservation. For conservators and wood-oriented scientists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Combining chemistry with techniques of preserving archaeological wood, these 17 essays are based on current understanding of the structure of wood and the mechanisms of its degradation. Topics include the chemical composition of wood and changes brought about by the decay process, biopredators, curing and preservation techniques, museum environments, and the ethics of conservation. For conservators and wood-oriented scientists. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes
Author: Lynne Boddy
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080551505
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The breadth and depth of understanding of many areas concerning basidiomycetes has increased dramatically since the premier publication of Frankland et al., Decomposer Basidiomycetes: their Biology and Ecology. New vistas have opened up with the advent of powerful computing, modeling and molecular approaches helping to greatly increase the general understanding of the ecology of basidiomycetes. This is tantamount to understanding the role of fungi in natural ecosystems because they are major agents of decomposition and nutrient cycling. These remarkable advances have been incorporated into this volume that discusses all aspects of saprotrophic basidiomycete ecology.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080551505
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The breadth and depth of understanding of many areas concerning basidiomycetes has increased dramatically since the premier publication of Frankland et al., Decomposer Basidiomycetes: their Biology and Ecology. New vistas have opened up with the advent of powerful computing, modeling and molecular approaches helping to greatly increase the general understanding of the ecology of basidiomycetes. This is tantamount to understanding the role of fungi in natural ecosystems because they are major agents of decomposition and nutrient cycling. These remarkable advances have been incorporated into this volume that discusses all aspects of saprotrophic basidiomycete ecology.
Bacterial Wood Degradation
Author: Jana Gelbrich
Publisher: Sierke Verlag
ISBN: 3868441808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher: Sierke Verlag
ISBN: 3868441808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Waterlogged Archaeological Wood
Author: Charlotte Gjelstrup Björdal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789157658760
Category : Wood
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789157658760
Category : Wood
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Wood Deterioration and Preservation
Author: Barry Goodell
Publisher: ACS Symposium
ISBN: 9780841237971
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In recent years considerable progress has been made in elucidating wood decay mechanisms. This basic knowledge not only has the potential to develop alternative environmentally-benign wood preservatives, but may also impact other areas such as bioremediation and pulp and paper. This book will summarize the latest knowledge of the developments, potential impacts, and applications from some of the world's leading experts.
Publisher: ACS Symposium
ISBN: 9780841237971
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In recent years considerable progress has been made in elucidating wood decay mechanisms. This basic knowledge not only has the potential to develop alternative environmentally-benign wood preservatives, but may also impact other areas such as bioremediation and pulp and paper. This book will summarize the latest knowledge of the developments, potential impacts, and applications from some of the world's leading experts.
Biodiversity in Dead Wood
Author: Jogeir N. Stokland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521888735
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521888735
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.
Biochemistry of microbial degradation
Author: Colin Ratledge
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401047388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Life on the planet depends on microbial activity. The recycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen, phosphate and all the other elements that constitute living matter are continuously in flux: microorganisms participate in key steps in these processes and without them life would cease within a few short years. The comparatively recent advent of man-made chemicals has now challenged the environment: where degradation does not occur, accumulation must perforce take place. Surprisingly though, even the most recalcitrant of molecules are gradually broken down and very few materials are truly impervious to microbial attack. Microorganisms, by their rapid growth rates, have the most rapid turn-over of their DNA of all living cells. Consequently they can evolve altered genes and therefore produce novel enzymes for handling "foreign" compounds - the xenobiotics - in a manner not seen with such effect in other organisms. Evolution, with the production of micro-organisms able to degrade molecules hitherto intractable to breakdown, is therefore a continuing event. Now, through the agency of genetic manipulation, it is possible to accelerate this process of natural evolution in a very directed manner. The time-scale before a new microorganism emerges that can utilize a recalcitrant molecule has now been considerably shortened by the application of well-understood genetic principles into microbiology. However, before these principles can be successfully used, it is essential that we understand the mechanism by which molecules are degraded, otherwise we shall not know where best to direct these efforts.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401047388
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Life on the planet depends on microbial activity. The recycling of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen, phosphate and all the other elements that constitute living matter are continuously in flux: microorganisms participate in key steps in these processes and without them life would cease within a few short years. The comparatively recent advent of man-made chemicals has now challenged the environment: where degradation does not occur, accumulation must perforce take place. Surprisingly though, even the most recalcitrant of molecules are gradually broken down and very few materials are truly impervious to microbial attack. Microorganisms, by their rapid growth rates, have the most rapid turn-over of their DNA of all living cells. Consequently they can evolve altered genes and therefore produce novel enzymes for handling "foreign" compounds - the xenobiotics - in a manner not seen with such effect in other organisms. Evolution, with the production of micro-organisms able to degrade molecules hitherto intractable to breakdown, is therefore a continuing event. Now, through the agency of genetic manipulation, it is possible to accelerate this process of natural evolution in a very directed manner. The time-scale before a new microorganism emerges that can utilize a recalcitrant molecule has now been considerably shortened by the application of well-understood genetic principles into microbiology. However, before these principles can be successfully used, it is essential that we understand the mechanism by which molecules are degraded, otherwise we shall not know where best to direct these efforts.
Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles
Author: Geoffrey Michael Gadd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521845793
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This book promotes further understanding of the contribution that fungi make to the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the chemical and biological mechanisms involved, and their environmental and biotechnological significance.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521845793
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This book promotes further understanding of the contribution that fungi make to the biogeochemical cycling of elements, the chemical and biological mechanisms involved, and their environmental and biotechnological significance.
Microbiology of Wetwood
Author: Bernhard Schink
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trees
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description