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Connecting phenome to genome in Pseudomonas stutzeri 5190: an artwork biocleaning bacterium.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Bosch-Roig Pilar, Decorosi Francesca, Giovannetti Luciana, Ranalli Giancarlo, Viti Carlo
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Research on biotechnology applications for cultural heritage restoration has shown how microorganisms can be efficient at cleaning particularly complex or ingrained substances through the process called "biocleaning". Bacteria are able to synthesize groups of specific enzymes for the degradation of complex materials present on artwork. Biocleaning has been shown to be less hazardous than some traditional...
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