Research into the biodeteriorative potential of fungi can serve as an indicator of the
condition of heritage items. Biodeterioration of canvas paintings as a result of fungal …

Living organisms can induce deterioration of cultural heritage. Conservation strategies
aimed at avoiding damage and aiding restoration, require a comprehensive knowledge of …

The role of fungi in the biodeterioration of frescos has been investigated by microbiological
and ultrastructural techniques. With this aim, the mycoflora present on samples taken from …

Fungi play a considerable role for the deterioration of cultural heritage. Due to their
enormous enzymatic activity and their ability to grow at low aw values fungi are able to …

Fungi are important contaminants of historic canvas paintings worldwide. They can grow on
both sides of the canvas and decompose various components of the paintings. They excrete …

The study of biodeterioration is an important issue to allow the best conservation and
prevent the decay of cultural heritage and artworks. In Naples (Italy), a particular museum …

Abstract Books, prints, drawings, watercolours, engravings, as well as all other works of art
based on paper, are very susceptible to fungal development. The excreted substances and …

This investigation into fungal growth on historical textiles, including the canvases of easel
paintings stored in museums and religious institutions (churches and cloisters) in Slovenia …

Historically valuable canvas paintings are often exposed to conditions enabling microbial
deterioration. Painting materials, mainly of organic origin, in combination with high humidity …

This study aims at identifying the populations of filamentous fungi present on a Brazilian
contemporary painting, whose conservation status was compromised and showed evident …