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- Title
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MOULDS DEGRADING MURAL PAINTINGS.
- Authors
Moza, Maria Iasmina; Mironescu, Monica; Georgescu, Cecilia; Florea, A.; Bucşa, Livia
- Abstract
The aim of this research was to isolate and characterize the micro fungi that have degraded the fresco (around 75% of the painted surface) in an old orthodox church in the Sibiu area. The main interest was to know which fungi could grow on this substrate under uncontrolled humidity and whether their growth could damage the fresco. The fungal populations attacking mural painting were identified and characterized using microbiological techniques involving cultivation, isolation, optical microscopy (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The analysis of fungal colonies and cultures, correlated with the microscopic analysis allowed the identification of moulds as belonging to the genus Penicillium , respectively Penicillium rugulosum and Penicillium crysogenum.
- Subjects
SIBIU (Romania); ROMANIA; MOLDS (Fungi); FUNGAL populations; MICROBIOLOGICAL techniques; MURAL art; SCANNING electron microscopy
- Publication
Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 1, p136
- ISSN
2067-3019
- Publication type
Article