Distribution of microorganisms on ancient wall paintings as related to associated faunal elements

Gorbushina, Anna A.; Petersen, Karin

doi:10.1016/s0964-8305(00)00103-7

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“…were isolated from walls painted in antiquity [38]. The same species were isolated and described in study [39], which also isolated species from the genera of Arthrobacter and Bacillus [39].…”

Section: Biodeteriorationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Paint-degrading microorganisms

Kurowski

Vogt

Ogonowski

2017

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Section: Biodeteriorationmentioning

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Paint-degrading microorganisms

Kurowski

Vogt

Ogonowski

2017

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“…4). Gorbushina and Petersen [6] observed that the remains of arthropod exoskeletons usually occurred in association with growing fungi. The authors concluded that the ingestion of fungal mycelium by arthropods, as a source of nutrition, is accompanied by the transportation of fungal spores in their intestinal tracts.…”

Section: Visual Inspection and Biofilm Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Biofouling of crypts of historical and architectural interest at La Plata Cemetery (Argentina)

Guiamet

Rosato

Saravia

et al. 2012

Journal of Cultural Heritage

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Cemeteries are part of the cultural heritage of urban communities, containing funerary crypts and monuments of historical and architectural interest. Efforts aimed at the conservation of these structures must target not only the abiotic stresses that cause their destruction, such as light and humidity, but also biofouling by biotic agents. The purpose of this study was to assess the development of biofouling of several historically and architecturally valuable crypts at La Plata Cemetery (Argentina). Samples obtained from the biofilms, lichens, and fungal colonies that had developed on the marble surfaces and cement mortar of these crypts were analyzed by conventional microbiological techniques and by scanning electron microscopy. The lichens were identified as Caloplaca austrocitrina, Lecanora albescens, Xanthoparmelia farinosa and Xanthoria candelaria, the fungi as Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Fusarium sp., Candida sp. and Rhodotorula sp., and the bacteria as Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. The mechanisms by which these microorganisms cause the aesthetic and biochemical deterioration of the crypts are discussed.

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“…For example, in the case of the Lascaux cave, Fusarium solani species complex (FSSC) are thought to have been carried by water from soils above the cave (Dupont et al, 2007). Furthermore, the dispersal of fungi on the mural paintings is reported to be mainly caused by arthropods (mites or collembolans) (e.g., Gorbushina and Petersen, 2000;Guglielminetti et al, 1994;Jurado et al, 2009; Fig. 1g).…”

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Polyphasic insights into the microbiomes of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus and Kitora Tumulus

Sugiyama¹,

Kiyuna²,

Nishijima³

et al. 2017

J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol.

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Microbial outbreaks and related biodeterioration problems have affected the 1300-year-old multicolor (polychrome) mural paintings of the special historic sites Takamatsuzuka Tumulus (TT) and Kitora Tumulus (KT). Those of TT are designated as a national treasure. The microbiomes of these tumuli, both located in Asuka village, Nara, Japan, are critically reviewed as the central subject of this report. Using culture-dependent methods (conventional isolation and cultivation), we conducted polyphasic studies of the these microbial communities and identified the major microbial colonizers (Fusarium spp., Trichoderma spp., Penicillium spp., dark Acremonium spp., novel Candida yeast spp., Bacillus spp., Ochrobactrum spp., Stenotrophomonas tumulicola, and a few actinobacterial genera) and noteworthy microbial members (Kendrickiella phycomyces, Cephalotrichum verrucisporum (∫ ∫ ∫ ∫ ∫Doratomyces verrucisporus), Sagenomella striatispora, Sagenomella griseoviridis, two novel Cladophialophora spp., Burgoa anomala, one novel species Prototheca tumulicola, five novel Gluconacetobacter spp., three novel Bordetella spp., and one novel genus and species Krasilnikoviella muralis) involved in the biodeterioration of mural paintings, plaster walls, and stone chamber interiors. In addition, we generated microbial community data from TT and KT samples using cultureindependent methods (molecular biological methods, including PCR-DGGE, clone libraries, and pyrosequence analysis). These data are comprehensively presented, in contrast to those derived from culture-dependent methods. Furthermore, the microbial communities detected using both methods are analytically compared, and, as a result, the complementary roles of these methods and approaches are highlighted. In related contexts, knowledge of similar biodeterioration problems affecting other prehistoric cave paintings, mainly at Lascaux in France and Altamira in Spain, are referred to and commented upon. Based on substrate preferences (or ecological grouping) and mapping (plotting detection sites of isolates), we speculate on the possible origins and invasion routes whereby the major microbial colonizers invaded the TT stone chamber interior. Finally, concluding remarks, lessons, and future perspectives based on our microbiological surveys of these ancient tumuli, and similar treasures outside of Japan, are briefly presented. A list of the microbial taxa that have been identified and fully or briefly described by us as known and novel taxa for TT and KT isolates since 2008 is presented in Supplementary Materials. 64SUGIYAMA et al.

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Distribution of microorganisms on ancient wall paintings as related to associated faunal elements

Cited by 53 publications

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Paint-degrading microorganisms

Paint-degrading microorganisms

Biofouling of crypts of historical and architectural interest at La Plata Cemetery (Argentina)

Polyphasic insights into the microbiomes of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus and Kitora Tumulus

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