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 …

Hyphomycetous fungi–so called 'mould'–are the most important agents of biodeterioration in
museums, museums' storage rooms, in libraries, collections and restoration studios. Fungi …

Biocolonization and biodeterioration phenomena in Cultural Heritage is presently
considered a relevant issue when planning conservation strategies and preservation …

Museums, archives and libraries have large working environments. The goal of this study
was to determine microbial contamination in these work places and estimate the influence of …

Museum artefacts are generally stored for a long period in repositories and are prone to
microbiological colonisation. The goal of this research was to assess the risk of …

This study aims at monitoring, controlling and prevention the fungal deterioration of the mu‐
seum textiles in the museum of Jordanian heritage as a case study. In this study valuable …

Aerobiological investigations of culturalheritage may be helpful in the choice of
possibleintervention for the preventionof biological degradation of works of art. This paper …

Current techniques are unable to detect either moulds at an early stage in their development
or hidden contaminants. Thus most cases of fungal development are only detected once …

Biodeterioration is one of the most common alteration factors affecting cultural heritage, and
its appearance responds to numerous factors. Awareness of the risk it poses to heritage …

A previous work that used documents from the Archive of the University of Coimbra,
described a high fungal diversity colonizing different types of documents. Cladosporium …