| Autor: |
Nitiu DS; Cátedra de Palinología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 64 N° 3, CP 1900 , La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICET) , Argentina., Mallo AC; Cátedra de Palinología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 64 N° 3, CP 1900 , La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC, PBA) , Argentina., Saparrat MCN; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONICET) , Argentina.; Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Diag. 113 esq. 61, CP 1900 , La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Instituto de Botánica Carlos Spegazzini, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 51 N° 477, CP 1900 , La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.; Cátedra de Microbiología Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata , Av. 60, CP 1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Abstrakt: |
Paper-based works of art and documents of cultural importance kept in museums and libraries can show notorious signs of deterioration, including foxing stains, caused by fungal colonization. Some of the main chromophore agents of fungal origin that deteriorate paper and therefore affect paper cultural heritage both aesthetically and structurally are the group of pigments called melanins. Thus, knowledge of the diversity and features of fungal melanins and of the melanization pathways of fungi growing on paper is key to removing these pigments from paper-based works of cultural importance. This review provides an approach about the current knowledge of melanins synthesized by paper-colonizing fungi, their localization in the fungal structures, and their role in the deterioration of paper. This knowledge might contribute to developing new, effective, and sustainable strategies of restoration and conservation of historical documents and works of art based on paper. |
