Microbial biodeterioration of cultural property
Subtitle: recent topics on the investigation of and countermeasures for biodeterioration of outdoor/indoor porperties and disaster-affected objects
By: edited by Center for Conservation Science and Restoration Techniques, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo (NRICPT)
Contributors: Tōkyō Bunkazai Kenkyūjo
Publisher: National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
Subjects: Cultural property; Protection; Congresses; Deterioration; Biodegradation; Microbiologically influenced corrosion; Museum conservation methods; Conservation and restoration; Art objects; Monuments
Notes: At head of title: The 36st International Symposium on the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property 2012.

"December 12, 2013"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Overviews of the characteristics and problems of biodeterioration of stone monuments/objects and recent topics on diagnostic methods for determining deterioration and conservation treatments / Piero Tiano; title: Investigation on the biodeterioration of cultural properties : overview, preventive measures and recent topics / Geneviève Orial; title: Overview of cultural properties affected by disaster in the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 / Toru Tateishi; title: Microbial damage of tsunami-affected objects in the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011 and problems with fungicidal fumigation / Rika Kigawa and Yoshinori Sato; title: Microbial deterioration of tsunami-affected paper-based objects : a case study / Yoshinori Sato, Mutsumi Aoki and Rika Kigawa; title: Deterioration of stone monuments by epiphytes in relation with environmental factors / Nobuaki Kuchitsu; title: Method for cleaning epiphytes on stone monuments / Masayuki Morii and Wataru Kawanobe; title: Sulfur-oxidizing microorganisms isolated from the deteriorated sandstone in Angkor monuments, Cambodia / Yoko Katayama, Xian Shu Li, Asako Kusumi and Ji-Dong Gu; title: Microbial deterioration/degradation of polymers used in conservation and issues with the use of antimicrobial biocides / Ji-Dong Gu; title: Agents responsible for wood decay in historical monuments : identification, treatment and preventive measures / Faisl Bousta; title: Investigation of deterioration of wood by various methods including non-destructive methods / Yoshihisa Fujii; title: Decay inspection of historical wooden architectures by genetic analysis / Tomoaki Sugiyama; title: Investigation of indoor air-borne microbial particles in cultural asset facilities / Kosuke Takatori, Toru Shimizu, Atsuko Takahashi and Yuko Kumeda; title: The development of a DNA microarray for the rapid identification of moulds on works of art / Wibke Neugebauer, Dirk M. Leinberger, Karin Petersen, Ulrike Schumacher, Till T. Bachmann and Christoph Krekel; title: Mould risk to cultural property : on the problem of defining adverse environmental conditions and potential for harm / Tom Strang; title: Abstracts for poster presentation.