Article citationsMore>>

Rosado, T., Gil, M., Caldeira, A.T., Martins, M.D.R., Dias, C.B., Carvalho, L., Mirao, J. and Candeias, A.E. (2013) Material Characterization and Biodegradation Assessment of Mural Paintings: Renaissance Frescoes from Santo Aleixo Church, Southern Portugal. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 8, 835-852.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-013-7516-7

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Combined Use of NMR, LC-ESI-MS and Antifungal Tests for Rapid Detection of Bioactive Lipopeptides Produced by Bacillus

  AUTHORS: Mara Silva, António Pereira, Dora Teixeira, António Candeias, Ana Teresa Caldeira

  KEYWORDS: Lipopeptides, Bacillus sp., Biodegradation/Biodeterioration, Natural Biocides, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Mass Spectrometry

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Microbiology, Vol.6 No.10, September 6, 2016

  ABSTRACT: The science and technology interact with the art in several ways. Biotechnological coupled with analytical approaches can play an important role in protecting and preserving cultural heritage for future generations. Many microorganisms influenced by environmental conditions are the main responsible for biological contamination in built heritage. Biocides based on chemical compounds have been used to mitigate this problem. Thus, it is vitally important to develop proper remediation actions based on environmentally innocuous alternative. Bacillus specie is emerging as an optimistic alternative for built heritage treatment due to their capacity to produce secondary metabolites with antagonistic activities against many fungal pathogens. Therefore, the intent of this work was to access a rapid evaluation of antifungal potential of bioactive metabolites produced by Bacillus strains and simultaneously their characterization using spectroscopic (NMR) and chromatographic techniques (LC-ESI-MS). The high antifungal activity obtained for Bacillus sp. active compounds produced in this study confirms the great potential to suppress biodeteriogenic fungi growth on historical artworks. Additionally, the proposed methodology allowed to access bioactive metabolites produced without need of the laborious total previous isolation and could be used as a viable alternative to be employed for screening and production of new green biocides.