Bacteria Help Restore Aging Art

With the help of experts in Italy, researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain used the method on a series of frescoes.

Bacteria Help Restore Aging Art : Discovery News

Injecting a bit of life -- in this case, bacteria -- into a painting can go a long way toward extending the life of a piece.

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Pseudomonas is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic gammaproteobacteria, belonging to the family Pseudomonadaceae containing 191 validly described species.

The Santos Juanes church is one of the oldest in Valencia. It is also known as the church of San Juan del Mercado (Saint John of the Market). It was built in the 14th century and its original architecture is gothic in style.

Acislo Antonio Palomino de Castro y Velasco was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period, and a writer on art, author of El Museo pictórico y escala óptica, which contains a large amount of important biographical material on Spanish artists.

The Technical University of Valencia is a Spanish university located in Valencia, with a focus on science and technology.