Biotechnology applied to cultural heritage: Biorestoration of frescoes using viable bacterial cells and enzymes

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-83

  Ranalli, Giancarlo ^a   Alfano, G ^a   Belli, C ^a   Lustrato, G ^a   Colombini, M P ^b   Bonaduce, I ^b   Zanardini, E ^c   Abbruscato, P ^c   Cappitelli, F ^c   Sorlini, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biocleaning; Biorestoration; Enzymes; Frescoes; Gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC MS) and pyrolysis GC MS analyses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL ENZYMES; BIOCLEANING; BIORESTORATION; CULTURAL HERITAGES; FRESCO; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY AND PYROLYSE/GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PYROLYSIS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ENZYMES;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUE; PROTEINASE;

ART; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PYROLYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PISA [PISA (PRV)]; PISA [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 19944432053     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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