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Table 1 Sampling sites

From: Assessment of biological colonization of historic buildings in the former Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp

Type of barracks

Surface type

Material

Analyzed organisms

Brick barracks

internal load-bearing wall

plastered brick

bacteria, moulds

partition wall

plastered brick

bacteria, moulds, cyanobacteria, algae

bunk bed

wood

bacteria, moulds

door frame

paint-coated wood

floor

wood

brick

cyanobacteria, algae

soil

sand and clay substrate

ceiling

cement-bonded particle board

bacteria, moulds

strip around the building

concrete

lichens

mortar

stones

cyanobacteria, algae

external wall

concrete foundations

cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes

mortar

bryophytes, lichens

brick

door

wood

cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes

roof

roof tiles

bryophytes

Wooden barracks

load-bearing wall

wood

bacteria, moulds

partition wall

plastered brick

beam

wood

bunk bed

wood

stove

brick

door

wood

bryophytes, lichens

strip around the building

concrete

cyanobacteria, algae, bryophytes

mortar

lichens

stones

cyanobacteria, algae