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 …

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

Microbial colonization and growth can have significant impacts on the built environment,
resulting in a range of effects, from discolouration and staining to biodeterioration and …

The gradual degradation of technical materials by bacteria, cyanobacteria and fungi, is of
great economic and social significance. In temperate climates, microbial colonization is …

Preservation of cultural heritage is of paramount importance worldwide. Microbial
colonization of construction materials, such as wood, brick, mortar, and stone in historic …

We here investigated microbial biofilm communities on the surfaces of Linlu Villa, a villa built
on a cultural heritage site known as Kaiping Diaolou and Villages located in southern China …

Sandstones are common rocks mainly composed of a framework of grains dominated by
relatively weathering-resistant silicates and aluminosilicates, whereas matrix and cement …

Deterioration and degradation of works of art is of great concern to preserve humankind
heritage. Among categories of degradation, biodeterioration is one of the main destructive …

Living organisms leave traces of DNA in the objects they colonize and contribute to the
microbiome of a given environment. The microbiome of cultural objects is an indicator of …

Like all objects exposed to the atmosphere, cultural heritage monuments and buildings must
face the effects of global change. Some of environmental factors that are predicted to …