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

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 …

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 …

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 …

The biodeterioration of cultural heritage objects is often attributed to microscopic fungi and
their metabolic activity. These fungi often produce pigments that result in aesthetic …

The aim of this research was to isolate and characterize the micro fungi that have degraded
the fresco (around 75% of the painted surface) in an old orthodox church in the Sibiu area …

Microorganisms usually attack materials such as paper, textile, wood, dyes and leather,
forming well known symptoms on the surface. Dust and other air components can be …

Microbial biofilms were massively developing on the surfaces and within the painting layers
of mural paintings of a parish church in Lower Saxony, which were exposed and restored in …

Even though contamination of painted artwork by xerophilic moulds frequently causes
aesthetical, physical and/or biochemical biodeterioration, mould growth on paints, prepared …

Abstract The crypt of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe Abbey church contains a notable example of
Romanesque wall paintings. A recurrent white fungal covering has affected these wall …