01789naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000150008724501790010226000090028152010040029065000130129465000100130765000140131765300250133170000210135670000260137770000220140370000250142570000270145077300700147720799842021-04-13       2017    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/lam.127942DOI1 aBONIEK, D.  aEcology and identification of environmental fungi and metabolic processes involved in the biodeterioration of Brazilian soapstone historical monuments.h[electronic resource]  c2017  aThis study aimed to evaluate the action of organic acids produced by the fungal population associated with the biodeterioration process of the Twelve Prophets of Aleijadinho, a set of soapstone sculptures in Congonhas, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. For this, samples of fungi were obtained from the surface of each of the 12 outdoor stone sculptures that comprise the set of Prophets. The identification of the colonizing filamentous fungi was performed by classical microbiology and molecular methods. Some species of filamentous fungi-dependent cultivation were detected, and the presence of species Aspergillus versicolor, Curvularia lunata, Epicoccum nigrum, Penicillium citrinum and Pseudocercospora norchiensis indicated a connection with the excretion of organic acids. The acids produced by each of these fungal species were analysed quantitatively by chromatographic methods, revealing potential biodeterioration by the action of acidic metabolites excreted in the stone.  aEcologia  aFungo  aMicologia  aProcesso metabólico1 aMENDES, I. de C.1 aOLIVEIRA-PAIVA, C. A.1 aLANA, U. G. de P.1 aSANTOS, A. F. B. dos1 aSTOIANOFF, M. A. de R.  tLetters in Applied Microbiology, Oxfordgv. 65, p. 431-438, 2017.