Cultural heritage objects constitute a very diverse environment, inhabited by various
bacteria and fungi. The impact of these microorganisms on the degradation of artworks is …

Over the last two decades, the biotechnologies applied to Cultural heritage (CH) have
become a successful novel alternative to the traditional approaches in the CH conservation …

Cultural heritage buildings of stone construction require careful restorative actions to
maintain them as close to the original condition as possible. This includes consolidation and …

The biodeterioration process involves every type of Cultural Heritage item, including
monuments, stoneworks, frescoes, and easel paintings. The accurate study of the microbial …

Aims This study reports the results of the application of a new agar‐gauze biogel system
activated with viable bacterial cells to altered wall paintings. Methods and Results …

The countries' cultural legacy is one of the world's most diverse. It is a beacon that draws
millions every year to our convents and monuments, to our museums and libraries, as well …

The weathering capacity of UV-A, UV-B and UV-C radiation (ie long, medium and short
wave) was tested on granite, rhyolite and biocalcarenite samples and glass slide supports …

An innovative methodology is proposed, based on applied biotechnology to the recovery of
altered stonework: the “dry biocleaning”, which envisages the use of dehydrated microbial …

Street art, and its preservation, has become one of the most discussed and still open topics
in the field of conservation. The absence of a sharable conservation protocol in terms of …

In this study, it was evaluated the combined cleaning treatment based on laser ablation
followed by the application of chemical products for removing alkyd graffiti paint from two …