Wall paintings have been a cultural expression of human creativity throughout history. Their
degradation or destruction represents a loss to the world's cultural heritage, and fungi have …

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 …

The biodeterioration process involves every type of Cultural Heritage item, including
monuments, stoneworks, frescoes, and easel paintings. The accurate study of the microbial …

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 …

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 …

The first academic studies on the use of microorganisms in cleaning procedures appeared
in the late 1980s/early 1990s. In the past thirty years, most of such studies have addressed …

While often considered as harmful for cultural heritage, microorganisms can also be used for
its safeguarding. The methods used so far for the conservation-restoration of cultural …

Wall paintings in ancient Egyptian tombs and temples, suffer many forms of damage.
Proteinbased patches is the most dangerous aspect which results from bats' wastes. These …

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 …