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Tests were carried out to determine the effects of a fungal strain onmarble specimens. The fungus was isolated from the air of the``Vallicelliana Library'' in Rome. After a certain period, chromatic changes were observed on the specimen surface. Fourier transforminfrared (FT-IR) spectra and term-gravimetric analyses (TGA) highlightedthe formation of calcium oxalates at the site of the chromatictransformations.
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Monte, M. Biogenesis of oxalate patinas on marble specimens in fungal culture. Aerobiologia 19, 271–275 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:AERO.0000006602.68078.2a
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