Isolation and identification of Microbes degrading Mural painting
Indu Singh and *Devesh Kumar
Department of Botany, Raja Balwant Singh College, Agra - 282002 India Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra - 282004 India Email: missindusingh1989@gmail.com *Author for correspondence : drdeveshjadon@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Mural paintings are a particularly remarkable example of cultural expressions of humanity and play the most significant role in the understanding of societies and civilizations of our past. Murals are a unique form of artwork, which are intrinsically connected to ancient Indian painting tradition. The conservation and preservation of Indian cultural heritage is one of the main concerns. The target of this proposed research work is to find out the biodegradative phenomenon that degrades mural painting surfaces using recognizing the microbes involved in this procedure, and appraising their ecological features and deterioration capacity, to find out the best conservation strategy. The identification of the microorganisms on the paintings using standard techniques involved isolation, spread plate method, Gram staining test, biochemical tests, and slide cultures techniques.