Ascomicetos e anemófilos: associação fúngica na degradação de madeiras: Altares da Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosário em Cachoeira - BA

Abstract

The present research is a study in the area of ​​Conservation of cultural facts about the causes of the acceleration of the degradation process of wood that make up the main altar and side altars of the Igreja Matriz NossaSenhora do Rosário, located in Cachoeira, Bahia. During the last ten years, the region has had a significant increase in mobility and traffic in the areas urban areas and mainly in the historic center, thus increasing the amount of pollutants and microorganisms in the atmosphere. was investigated the degradation process of these woods, evaluating the presence of fungi both in the interior of the church and in the wood of the altars. For that, practical analyzes were carried out, namely, exposure of Petri dishes for the capture of airborne fungi, collection of wood fragments of the main and collateral altars, analysis of samples, counting of colonies offungi that developed on the plates containing the collected material. At observations point to a possible association between these fungi in the biodegradation process, since the quantitative results were high in terms of the number of colonies presented in the Petri dishes, the which represents another indication of the existence of the association of these fungi.