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Spanish scientist Pilar Bosch has found a way to use bacteria to repair 18th century paintings.

Bosch, a microbiologist, tells Reuters she got the idea for the method while considering

possibilities for a paper toward her doctoral degree.

During this process, she discovered someone else's paper that suggested bacteria can be used to restore

artworks. At around the same time Bosch learned that her mother was struggling to the The paintings by Spanish artist Antonio Palmino sat in Santos Juannes, one of the oldest churches in the city of Valencia.

Bosch said her mother, Pilar Royge, noted how difficult the restoration process at the church was.

One reason was the glue used to remove the paintings from the walls in the problem to solve and I found a paper about bacteria used to clean frescoes in Italy.

Bosch said.

A fresco is a kind of painting that often appears across a large wall.

Bosch added she decided to write her doctoral paper on the same subject. That was more than 10 years ago. Today

she gets to work with her mother on the church restoration.

They are using the bacteria method to remove glue from artworks.

The 4.4646 million project is being financed by local organizations.

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