Geomicrobially induced deterioration of stone monuments and buildings contributes to a
considerable loss of world cultural heritage, especially when exposed to a changing climate …

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 …

Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) has been proposed as a sustainable
approach to solve various environmental, structural, geotechnical and architectural issues …

Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, algae and fungi, colonize natural building
stones. Bacteria are among the most relevant colonizers, as they impact substrates in …

Salt-tolerant enzymes produced by halophilic and halotolerant microorganisms have been
proposed to be used in various applications that involve high saline conditions. Considering …

As non-renewable cultural heritages, murals have important implications in historical
customs, religions, and philosophy as well as their aesthetic values. Recently, many murals …

The use of the advanced biotechnology of microbiological systems for the biological
cleaning of Cultural Heritage (CH) has been recently improved and optimized taking into …

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 …