Background Cave anthropization related to rock art tourism can lead to cave microbiota
imbalance and microbial alterations threatening Paleolithic artwork, but the underpinning …

Abstract Background The World-famous UNESCO heritage from the Paleolithic human
society, Lascaux Cave (France), has endeavored intense microclimatic perturbations, in part …

Strong anthropization of karstic caves may result in formation of various wall alterations
including dark zones, whose microbial community differs from that of non-altered surfaces …

Limestone areas across the world develop karstic caves, which are populated by a wide
range of macro‐and microorganisms. Many of these caves display Paleolithic art or …

Microorganisms colonize caves extensively, and in caves open for tourism they may cause
alterations on wall surfaces. This is a major concern in caves displaying Paleolithic art …

Lascaux Cave is a UNESCO site that was closed to the public following wall surface
alterations. Most black stains that had formed on wall surface are stable or receding, but a …

To date, the highly adapted cave microbial communities are challenged by the expanding
anthropization of these subterranean habitats. Although recent advances in characterizing …

The cave microbiota is assumed to be shaped by indoor microclimate, biotic and abiotic
factors, which are largely dependent from outside environmental conditions; however, this …

Anthropization of Paleolithic karstic caves can cause an imbalance of cave microbiota and
may trigger formation of wall alterations including black stains. In Lascaux Cave, a previous …

Anthropization of Palaeolithic caves open for tourism may favour collembola invasion and
result in the formation of black stains attributed to pigmented fungi. However, ecological …