This work presents a review of the findings of calcium oxalate films, a widespread decay
phenomenon recovered on stone and other substrates (mortars, wall and easel paintings …

Over the last two decades, the biotechnologies applied to Cultural heritage (CH) have
become a successful novel alternative to the traditional approaches in the CH conservation …

Vernacular buildings are usually constructed using materials at hand, including wood,
natural stone and bricks (either clay or mud bricks). All those materials are exposed to a …

With the rapid scientific and technological changes that occur every day, a new kind of
necessity, real-time, rapid, and accurate detection methods, preferably also non-or minimally …

Aims This study reports the results of the application of a new agar‐gauze biogel system
activated with viable bacterial cells to altered wall paintings. Methods and Results …

The use of EO (essential oils) either alone or in mixture has become a very attractive option
as a green method to remove biological infestation from outdoor stone, but it still needs …

An innovative methodology is proposed, based on applied biotechnology to the recovery of
altered stonework: the “dry biocleaning”, which envisages the use of dehydrated microbial …

This study integrates the complex research conducted on the sources of brown
discolorations that occur on marble statues (fifteenth century) of the Church of Orsanmichele …

This paper reports on the mineralogical characterisation of samples of wall paintings from
various Roman sites in Lombardy (Italy), revealing recurrent types of stratigraphy. One of the …

Some microorganisms can be used as bioremediation agents, in biocleaning treatments, to
remove undesired sulphates, nitrates and organic matter from cultural heritage surfaces …