Fungal contamination of paintings and wooden sculptures inside the storage room of a museum: Are current norms and reference values adequate?

HP de Carvalho, N Mesquita, J Trovão… - Journal of Cultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
… to assess the diversity of fungal contaminants at the MNMC repository, to … contamination,
to ascertain the potential for cross-contamination between artwork pieces (such as sculptures

Molds in museum environments: biodeterioration of art photographs and wooden sculptures

M Ljaljević-Grbić, M Stupar, J Vukojević… - Archives of Biological …, 2013 - doiserbia.nb.rs
wooden substrata (Florian, 2002). Some wood-degrading fungi were found on the wooden
sculptures … In addition, contaminated artwork collections could be potential source for the …

Fungal Diversity and Heritage Degradation

M Oliveira, J Reis, M Almaguer - 2023 - preprints.org
… , and sculptures [46] (eg, the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium … rates, such as wood, are
more prone to fungal growth when … the enzymes target fungal contamination and preserve the …

Fungal deterioration of cultural heritage objects

Ž Savković, M Stupar, N Unković… - … of organic and …, 2021 - books.google.com
… from several sources including contaminated indoor air as … dry wooden objects are considered
to be resistant to fungal … and integrity of monuments, sculptures, murals, paintings, textile …

Fungi: Their role in deterioration of cultural heritage

K Sterflinger - Fungal biology reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
… in order to prevent fungal contamination. Education and close … ” or “fretting” on brick, clay
and wood (Old Testament, Third Book of … and sculptures made of stone, mortar and plaster. …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of fungal community involved in the bioderioration process of wooden artworks and canvases in Montefeltro area (Marche, Italy)

L Sabatini, M Sisti, R Campana - Microbiological research, 2018 - Elsevier
… For these reasons, the monitoring of microbial contamination … a map of microbial contamination
and evaluate possible risks. … , the fungal contamination of 64 cultural heritages (wooden, …

Is the fungus Aspergillus a threat to cultural heritage?

SM Romero, SL Giudicessi, RG Vitale - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2021 - Elsevier
… and metabolic activities of fungi and bacteria. Fungal contamination is determined by the
availability of water and temperature. Aspergillus is a fungus with great enzymatic capacity and …

Biodeterioration in cultural assets: fungal contamination assessment in art objects and documents

HLSP Carvalho - 2019 - estudogeral.uc.pt
… CHAPTER 2 - Fungal contamination of paintings and wooden sculptures inside the storage
… The information provided in this thesis contributes to overcome fungal contamination in …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the occupational exposure to microbial contamination in conservation–restoration settings

C Viegas, R Cervantes, M Dias, B Gomes, P Pena… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
… to mycotoxins when studying fungal contamination is reasonable to also study mycotoxins …
present in four different work settings: textiles (2), paintings and sculpture (mostly wood based)…

[HTML][HTML] Xerophilic fungi contaminating historically valuable easel paintings from Slovenia

P Zalar, D Graf Hriberšek, C Gostinčar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… White stains, presumably of fungal origin, were also observed on a wooden frame (RCS
19)… On control sampling sites, where we could not detect fungal contamination with the naked …