Biodeterioration is a topic of ever-growing concern and is particularly relevant in the context
of cultural heritage conservation, since artworks and monuments provide diversified …

University students' health may be adversely affected by exposure to indoor bacterial
contaminants on their campuses. This study aims (1) to quantify culturable bacterial …

Fitness centres are special places where conditions for microbiological proliferation should
be considered. Moisture due to human perspiration and water condensation as a result of …

Indoor air quality in buildings is strongly affected by chemical, physical, and biological
agents. Long exposure to inadequate indoor air quality can be very dangerous for the …

The quality of the indoor air can provide very useful information for the artwork conservation.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the microbial concentration inside six document …

The literature of environmental microbiology broadly discusses issues associated with
microbial hazards in archives, but these publications are mainly devoted to paper …

Heritage buildings face risks related to the degradation of exhibited or stored artefacts, up to
their destruction over time, as well as the health of workers and visitors. The main causes …

To quantify characteristics of bioaerosols in university indoor environments, concentration
and size distribution of airborne culturable bacteria and fungi were examined in four types of …

The gelatin-silver halide black and white prints represent an enormous photography
heritage with a great value. Unaesthetic phenomena, the foxing stains that are caused by …

The management of fungal contaminants inside libraries and archives has become a big
challenge for librarians, restorers and scientists. Several disinfection treatments have been …