2018.09.30

Art-Eating Fungi

Two new species discovered chomping on ancient lithographs

Fungal samples ( 2 ) isolated from a lithograph by Bernard Romain Julien ( 1).FROM “TWO NEW CELLULOLYTIC FUNGAL SPECIES ISOLATED FROM A 19TH-CENTURY ART COLLECTION,”BY CAROLINA CORONADO-RUIZ ET AL., IN SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, VOL. 8, ARTICLE NO. 7492; MAY 10, 2018)

Fungal samples ( 2 ) isolated from a lithograph by Bernard Romain Julien ( 1).FROM “TWO NEW CELLULOLYTIC FUNGAL SPECIES ISOLATED FROM A 19TH-CENTURY ART COLLECTION,”BY CAROLINA CORONADO-RUIZ ET AL., IN SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, VOL. 8, ARTICLE NO. 7492; MAY 10, 2018)

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