Rodríguez-del Valle N, Quigdley L, Silva-Ruíz S A
Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto Rico.
Bol Asoc Med P R. 1991 Feb;83(2):69-72.
An acrylic on canvas painting from the collection of the Institute of Puerto Rico Culture was found to be stained with light brown spots. Under ultraviolet light it was evident that these spots covered the entire painting. Scotch tape samples from different areas of the painting were taken. In almost all of these samples, septated hyphae were observed to surround the canvas fibers and in most of them, spiny or rough-surfaced conidia were also observed. A sample from the canvas which was incubated over a Sabourand agar plate yielded a fungus very similar to the one observed in the tape samples after subculturing in potato dextrose agar. Slide cultures and culture characteristics provided evidence that this fungus was a species of Scopulariopsis. This fungus has been implicated in human disease and in this case, it was the cause of the deterioration of the painting.
一幅来自波多黎各文化研究所收藏的布面丙烯画被发现有浅棕色斑点污渍。在紫外线下可以明显看到，这些斑点覆盖了整幅画。从这幅画的不同区域采集了透明胶带样本。在几乎所有这些样本中，都观察到有分隔的菌丝围绕着画布纤维，并且在大多数样本中，还观察到有带刺或表面粗糙的分生孢子。从画布上取的一个样本在沙氏琼脂平板上培养，在马铃薯葡萄糖琼脂上继代培养后，得到一种与在胶带样本中观察到的非常相似的真菌。玻片培养和培养特征证明这种真菌是帚霉属的一个物种。这种真菌与人类疾病有关，在这个案例中，它是这幅画变质的原因。
