Microbial biodeterioration of cultural heritage and identification of the active agents over the last two decades

T Branysova, K Demnerova, M Durovic… - Journal of Cultural …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cultural heritage includes everything that mankind has created in the past and has impacted
the development of culture. These objects can be subject to biodeterioration, including the …

Current knowledge on the fungal degradation abilities profiled through biodeteriorative plate essays

J Trovão, A Portugal - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fungi are known to contribute to the development of drastic biodeterioration of historical and
valuable cultural heritage materials. Understandably, studies in this area are increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Soil substrate source drives the microbes involved in the degradation of gelatin used as a biostimulant

OYA Costa, A Pijl, J Houbraken, W van Lith… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant biostimulants improve crop yield and quality by stimulating plant nutrition processes
and enhancing nutrient uptake efficiency, likely reflecting indirect effects mediated by …

Biosynthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles using probiotic bacterial strain, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and evaluate of their biocompatibility and antifungal activity

G Abdel-Maksoud, M Abdel-Nasser… - Biomass Conversion …, 2023 - Springer
The main goal of the current study is to biosynthesize titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-
NPs) using green approach to biocontrol of different fungal strains isolated from historical …

Monitoring the effects of fungi isolated from archival document on model albumen silver prints

HMA Eldeeb, MF Ali, MMA Mansour, MAA Ahmed… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fungi are a common problem in the photographic collection, so the aim of this study focused
on isolating and molecular identification of fungi from old albumen prints dating to an archive …

Evaluating the xerophilic potential of moulds on selected egg tempera paints on glass and wooden supports using fluorescent microscopy

J Kosel, M Kavčič, L Legan, K Retko… - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2021 - Elsevier
Even though contamination of painted artwork by xerophilic moulds frequently causes
aesthetical, physical and/or biochemical biodeterioration, mould growth on paints, prepared …

Documentary heritage: fungal deterioration in Compact Discs

AM Palermo, A Gentile, G Pellegrino - Heritage Science, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, there has been an exponential growth in the use of digital media for data
storage and the creation of museums, libraries and digital archives. In particular, Compact …

Assessment of possible biomedical applications of green synthesized TiO2NPs-an in-vitro approach

NTA Nga, TA Alahmadi - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomedical applications for various types of nanoparticles are emerging on a daily basis.
Hence this research was performed to evaluate the antifungal (Aspergillus sp., Alternaria …

Gelatin Used as a Transductor in an Optical Hygrometer Based on a Fabry‐Perot Interferometer

S Calixto - Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The quantities that are usually measured are time, pressure, temperature, and relative
humidity to mention but a few. The word humidity is used when we are dealing with water …

[HTML][HTML] Cationic silicone based paper impregnation agent for the protection of historical paper against fungal growth. Detection and quantification of fungi using micro …

J Kosel, L Legan, M Bračič, P Ropret - Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2024 - Elsevier
Even though contamination of historical paper by moulds causes aesthetic, physical, and
biochemical biodeterioration, dissolving cellulose fibers and inks, the currently applied …