RT Journal Article
T1 Current knowledge regarding biological recolonization of stone cultural heritage after cleaning treatments
A1 Prieto Lamas, Beatriz
A1 Paz Bermúdez, Graciela
A1 López de Silanes, María Eugenia
A1 Montojo Santos, Cristina
A1 Pérez Velón, Diana
K1 Recolonization
K1 Cultural heritage
K1 Biofilm
K1 Stone
K1 Cleaning treatment
AB Biocolonization causes physical-chemical and aesthetic biodeterioration, which depreciates the artistic value of outdoor works of art, leading to the use of (often expensive) treatments to remove the colonizing organisms. Such treatments are generally considered successful if they eliminate the biocolonization; however, subsequent recolonization of the cleaned substrate is generally overlooked by both public administrations and researchers. This review aimed to gather current scientific knowledge about the biological recolonization of stone-built cultural heritage after cleaning treatments. It is difficult to draw strong conclusions from the few studies on recolonization of cultural heritage, as each study involves different treatments, target organisms, substrates and climatic conditions. However, recolonization by fungi appears to be faster than recolonization by other organisms. Long term studies should be conducted to identify recolonization processes that may take some time and also involve various types of organisms. Short-term studies have only detected recolonization by generalist species, while long-term studies have shown recolonization by specialist species similar to the previous colonizer community
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-7102
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33797
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33797
LA eng
NO Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 87, 2024, 109091
NO This work was supported by Xunta de Galicia, Spain [ED431 2022/09 and 16_IN606D_2021_2608973]
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026