Colour Plates 241. Plate 1. Viable algae observed through a transmitted-light optical microscope (photo by M.A. Favali).

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1 Index absolute humidity 51 acid rain 82 adaptive enzymes 157 albumum 10 alcohol thermometers 49 allergenic symptoms 38 ammonifying 152 Andersen sampler 125 anemophilous 168 apparent suction efficiency 133 atmospheric aerosol 107 atmospheric pollution 81 autofluorescence 148 autotrophic 5;151 bacterial load 40 bimetallic thermometer 49 bioefficiency 133 bioindicators 100 biological pollution 23 biological risk threshold 177 black crust 84 BRI34 building related illness 34 candela 61 carboxydobacteria 86 cascade impactors 125 centrifugal sampler 129 CFU 147 chasmolithic 159 chemotrophic 151 collagene 13 colony-forming units 147 condensation nuclei 110 conidia 153 corrosion 22 corticolous lichens 164 countable bioaerosol 107 culturable bioaerosol 107 culture-plate sampling 122 cyclone 123; 129 data logger 68 depo lymerization 14 depth filters 120 Dermatophagoides 38 dew point 51 diffuse radiation 60 direct radiation 60 dispersion 109 drag coefficient III drag force III duramen 10 Durham sampler 122 dust 95 ecological indexes 165 ecological optimum 73 elastin 13 electrochemical effects 22 emission 109 encrustations 20 endolithic 159 endolithic lichens 164 endophloidic lichens 164 environmental pollution 82 enzymes 16 epilithic 159 equilibrium relative humidity 75 ERH75 extinction coefficient 53

2 236 extractives 10 fibrous filters 120; 128 filtration 120 foliicolous lichens 164 formaldehyde 98 foxing 9 global radiation 60 gravity slide sampler 122 hair hygrometer 51 heartwood 10 heliophilous 76 heteromerous 163 heterotrophic 5; 151 heteroxylous 11 Hirst sampler 123 homoiomerous 163 homoxylous 11 hot-wire anemometers 57 hygrographs 52 hygrophilous 74 hygroscopicity 182 hygrothermograph 50;52 hyphae 153 hypogeum 209 ice nuclei 110 identifiable biological aerosol 107 impact efficiency 119 impactors 123 impingers 121 inertial samplers 123 infective risk 39 inhalable fraction 135 insolation 63 irradiance 61 isokinetics 128 keratin 13 leather 13 lichens 163 lignin 11 limiting factors 74 liquid impingers 121 liquid traps 121 low-volume samplers 127 Index lumen 61 luminance 61 luxes 61 membrane filters 120; 128 mercury thermometers 49 metal strips 99 microorganisms 107 muscicolous lichens 164 mycelium 153 mycobiont 163 net radiation 60 net radiometers 62 nit 61 nitrogen-fixing bacteria 86 nitrogen oxides 96 nuclei 110 opacification 21 organic pollutants 82 parchment 13 passive-conditioning showcases 199 pathogenicity 39 patinas 20 photobiont 163 photocoupler 55 photographic light meter 63 photometer 62 photometry 61 photophygous 76 phototrophic 151 pioneers 164 plastics 16 PMV32 pollutant 83 PPD 32 precision 49 primary production 167 production 109 promptness 49 psychrometer 51 psychrophile 75 pyranometers 62 radiometry 61 radio transmission 68

3 Index 237 rainout 114 sulphur dioxide 95 relative humidity 51 sulphur-oxidising bacteria 85 remote sensing 99 sunshine recorders 63 respirable fraction 135 surface temperature 66 retention efficiency 119 suspended particulate matter 95 rock lichens 164 symbiosis 163 sapwood 10 Tauber trap 122 SBS 34 terrestrial lichens 164 scavenging 115 thallus 163 sciophilous 76 thermocouple 50 scrubbers 121 thermophile 75 seasoning 11 thermoresistor 50 sensitive element 48 thoracic fraction 135 sensitivity 49 total efficiency 133 sensor 48 total radiation 60 settling 167 transmittance 53 sick building syndrome 34 ventilation 76 solar radiation 59 viable 107 specific humidity 74 virulence 39 spectro-radiometers 62 volumetric samplers 119 speedometer dynamo 55 washout 114 spores 107 water activity (Aw) 75 steradian 61 water content 74 Stokes' law 112 wood 10 suction 167 xerophilous 74 suction efficiency 133 xerotolerant 74

4 Colour Plates

5 Colour Plates 241 Plate 1. Viable algae observed through a transmitted-light optical microscope (photo by M.A. Favali). Plate 2. Viable algae observed through an optical fluorescence microscope (the bright red hue indicates an optimum photosynthesis activity) (photo by M.A. Favali). Plate 3. Algae in conditions of senescence observed through an optical fluorescence microscope (notice the toning to yelloworange) (photo by M.A. Favali).

6 242 Plate 4. Petri dish that shows the development of fungi and Actinomycetes (photo by G. Caneva). Plate 5. Cyanobacteria (Gloeocapsa) observed through a microscope (photo by S. Ricci). Plate 6. Chromatic and structural alteration due to a microbial attack on a paper book (photo by ICPL).

7 Colour Plates 243 Plate 7. Development offungi onfrescoes (clypt of the Duomo of Anagni. Italy). Plate 8. Abundant development of lichens ill archaeological contexts (Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Rome) (photo by A. Roccardi).