Comments on: Bacterial Discoloration of Ancient Art http://sciencewriter.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/bacterial-discoloration-of-ancient-art/ one girl + much science = FUN! Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: carriearnold http://sciencewriter.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/bacterial-discoloration-of-ancient-art/#comment-3 carriearnold Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:09:37 +0000 http://sciencewriter.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/bacterial-discoloration-of-ancient-art/#comment-3 It's one of those weird sort of findings that really make you scratch your head a bit. You never think that bacteria would affect art (unless you soaked it in a vat of E. coli) but there you have it. And not only that, but they found out both the species of the bacteria and the reddish pigment that was doing the damage. Cool stuff. It’s one of those weird sort of findings that really make you scratch your head a bit. You never think that bacteria would affect art (unless you soaked it in a vat of E. coli) but there you have it. And not only that, but they found out both the species of the bacteria and the reddish pigment that was doing the damage.

Cool stuff.

]]> By: archaeozoo http://sciencewriter.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/bacterial-discoloration-of-ancient-art/#comment-2 archaeozoo Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:24:38 +0000 http://sciencewriter.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/bacterial-discoloration-of-ancient-art/#comment-2 Interesting. Interesting.

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