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The conservation and preservation of biodeteriorated art materials is one of the most critical problems in museum collections. Recently, an increasing number of methods have been used to identify and eliminate biological contamination on valuable ancient objects (Polacheck, 1988).
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Valentin, N., Preusser, F. (1990). Nitrogen for Biodeterioration Control on Museum Collections. In: Llewellyn, G.C., O’Rear, C.E. (eds) Biodeterioration Research. Biodeterioration Research, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9453-3_41
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