Cultural heritage includes everything that mankind has created in the past and has impacted
the development of culture. These objects can be subject to biodeterioration, including the …

Microbiologically induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a well-known biogeochemical
process that allows the formation of calcium carbonate deposits in the extracellular …

The surfaces of historical stone monuments are visibly covered with a layer of colonizing
microorganisms and their degradation products. In this study, a metadata analysis was …

Stone, one of the earliest testimonies of human artistic expression, is susceptible to
biodeterioration by microorganisms. The most frequent stone colonizing agents are algae …

The microbial community assembly processes and underlying mechanisms in response to
heavy metal accumulation in coastal sediments remain underexplored. In this study, the …

Abstract The World Cultural Heritage stone monuments/temples suffer from severe
deterioration from weathering caused by a combination of physical, chemical and biological …

Salt-weathering is a deterioration mechanism affecting building materials that results from
repetitive cycles of salt crystallisation-dissolution in the porous mineral network under …

Cultural heritage buildings of stone construction require careful restorative actions to
maintain them as close to the original condition as possible. This includes consolidation and …

Fungi are powerful biodeteriogens and when colonizing stone monuments are often
responsible for severe physical, chemical and aesthetical modifications. Recently the old …

Different identification strategies employing new methodologies, namely, culture-dependent
(using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry, MALDI …