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 …

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 …

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 …

Pieces of art stored in museum depots and display rooms are subject to fungal colonization
that leads to bio-deterioration processes. Deteriorated wooden sculptures and art …

Paintings are essential components of cultural heritage all over the world. They consist of
organic molecules such as oils, waxes, gums, sugars, polysaccharides, and proteins that …

Murals or wall paintings are an important part of cultural heritage and are both valuable and
vulnerable because of their appearance on walls, ceilings or other large surfaces of natural …

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

Fungal deterioration of frescoes was studied in situ on a selected Serbian church, and on a
laboratory model, utilizing standard and newly implemented microscopy techniques …

Biofilm forming microbial community dwelling on the surface of façade and biodeteriorated
17th century wall paintings of the old Church of the Holy Ascension (Veliki Krčimir, Serbia) …

During a long career at the Institute for the Study, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural
Property, Nicholas Copernicus University, the author has observed that most of the objects …