A methodology to select bacteria able to remove synthetic polymers

Application of Microbial Cleaning Technology for Removal of Surface Contamination

“…Other bioremediated examples include the Cathedrals of Milan, Florence, and Matera in Italy; the base of Michelangelo's Pietà Rondanini in Milan; the loggias (exterior galleries) of the Casina Farnese on the Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy; sculptures in the Buonconsiglio Castle courtyard in Trento and the Monumental Cemetery in Milan; a nineteenth-century building in Riga, Latvia; the Epidauro Theatre in Greece; marble bas relief in Palero, Italy; and biocleaned frescoes in the Santos Juanes Church in Valencia, Spain [86,88,90,92,93,[96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112].…”

Back to the past—forever young: cutting-edge biochemical and microbiological tools for cultural heritage conservation

“…The contact between enzyme and the layer to be removed was obtained by gently moving the microemulsion, by a soft-brush for 5 minutes (Giordano et al 2018). As regards the use of living microorganisms, D. desulfuricans has proved able to degrade nitrocellulose-based paints (Giacomucci et al 2012), while the use of different bacterial strains has been tested for the bio-cleaning of acrylic polymers used in the restoration field (Troiano et al 2014).…”

Biocleaning of Cultural Heritage Surfaces

“…Microorganisms have been proposed for the removal of synthetic polymers used as conservation materials and in paints from cultural heritage surfaces, e.g. nitrocellulose [18]. So far, only one published study has focused on bioremediation of graffiti spray paint, proposing a strain of D. desulfuricans as a good candidate for the degradation of nitrocellulose [19].…”