Contribution of the microbial communities detected on an oil painting on canvas to its biodeterioration.

In this study, we investigated the microbial community (bacteria and fungi) colonising an oil painting on canvas, which showed visible signs of biodeterioration. A combined strategy, comprising culture-dependent and -independent techniques, was selected. The results derived from the two techniques w...

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Main Authors: María Del Mar López-Miras, Inés Martín-Sánchez, Africa Yebra-Rodríguez, Julio Romero-Noguera, Fernando Bolívar-Galiano, Jörg Ettenauer, Katja Sterflinger, Guadalupe Piñar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3842293?pdf=render