biodeterioration
Material decay and damage caused by live organisms.
Can be beneficial, see The International Biodeterioration Society
See a long article on 
Wood Destroying Organisms (Sept 23, 2000) of specific pests, recognition, and characteristics of pest problems; and a table of 
Wood-destroying Insects listed Termite, Carpenter Ant, Powder-post Beetle, Old House Borer, Anobiid.
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- Dr. Fungi
- Extensive collection of non-technical info on fungi, 2000+ references. Emphasis on discausing species.
- FRDA publiction Abstract Listing
- quite a selction: forestry, BC related
- MicroBioNet
- microbiological information service on: Bacteriology, Virology, Parasitology
- Pest control books by MSU Pesticide Education
- several pdf books for download on pests
- WOOD-DESTROYING INSECTS
- A complete, concise table of insects to wood
- bio damage
- Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials, by Andersson, M. A., M. Nikulin, U. Ko Ljalg, M. C. Andersson, F. Rainey, K. Reijula, E.-L. Hintikka, And M. Salkinoja-Salonen, 1997
- brown rot
- Biodegradative mechanism of the brown rot Gloeophyllum trabeum: evidence for an extracellular fenton reaction, by Kerem, Zohar; Jensen, Kenneth A.; Hammel, Kenneth E., 1999
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- Biodeterioration of wood in houses, by Cooperative Extension Service - Clemson University, 1991
- brown rot, white rot
- Biotechnology in the study of brown-and white-rot decay, by Highley, T. L. and Dashek, W. V., 1998
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- Controlling house dust mites through ventilation: the development of a model of mite response to varying hygrothermal conditions, by Crowther, D., T. Oreszczyn, S. Pretlove, I. Ridley, J. Horwood, P. Cox and B. Leung, 2001
- repair
- Development of safe repair methods for water damaged buildings, by Kulmala, I. Antti Souto, and Vesa M?kip??, 2000
- stone decay, no biodeterioration
- Different degrees of stone decay on the inner and outer walls of a Cloister, by I?igo, A. C. and S. Vicente-Tavera, 2001
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- Field observations and laboratory tests of water migration in walls with shiplap hardboard siding, by Tsongas, G. A., Govan, D. P. and J. A. McGillis, 1998
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- Fungal growth and survival in building materials under fluctuating moisture and temperature conditions, by Pasanen, A. L., J. P. Kasanen, et al., 2000
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- Moisture damage in schools - symptoms and indoor air microbes, by Meklin, T., Husman, T. and Vepselainen, A., 2000
- dust mite cause allegies and asthma
- Moisture, organisms, and health effects, by Burge, H. A., H. J. Su, and J. D. Spengler, 1994
- by mold
- Predicting decay rates in structures: the effects of wood moisture content on decay rate, by Morrell, J. J., 2000
- microcalorimetry in measuring
- Studies of the degratation of building materials by isothermal microcalorimetry, by Wadso, L., 1996
- termites, news, general
- Termites from hell, by Lemonick, M.D, 1998
- microbiological contamination in Canadian houses
- The influence of house characteristics in a Canadian community on microbiological contamination, by Lawton, M. D., R. E. Dales, and J. White, 1998
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- Understanding biodeterioration of wood in structures, by Morris, P. I., 1998