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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol., 09 February 2026

Sec. Extreme Microbiology

Volume 17 - 2026 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1795378

This article is part of the Research TopicMicrobes and Cultural Heritage: From Biodiversity to ApplicationsView all 12 articles

Correction: Extensive biofilm covering on sgraffito wall art: a call for proactive monitoring

This article is a correction to:

  1. Extensive biofilm covering on sgraffito wall art: a call for proactive monitoring

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Irit Nir Irit Nir1*Anath SharabyAnath Sharaby1Hana BarakHana Barak1Mariela J. PavanMariela J. Pavan2Lonia R. FriedlanderLonia R. Friedlander2Victor MultanenVictor Multanen1Ariel Kushmaro,, Ariel Kushmaro1,2,3*
  • 1Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
  • 2Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
  • 3The Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

A Correction on
Extensive biofilm covering on sgraffito wall art: a call for proactive monitoring

by Nir, I., Sharaby, A., Barak, H., Pavan, M. J., Friedlander, L. R., Multanen, V., and Kushmaro, A. (2026). Front. Microbiol. 16:1664404. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1664404

Error in Figure 2

There was a mistake in Figure 2 as published. The sample numbers/location Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 were missing from the upper section of Figure 2. The corrected Figure 2, with the sample numbers Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4, appears below.

Figure 2
Composite figure showing two outdoor wall types separated by a path: a sgraffito wall-art with plant and human designs, labeled Y1 to Y4, and a bare concrete wall with a geometric art piece, labeled Y5 to Y8. Below, close-up photos for each labeled location Y1-Y8 display surface condition details along with rulers or measurement tools. Gloved hands are visible in some close-ups handling tools or samples.

Figure 2. Sampling site: the “Sgraffito” wall art and the adjacent concrete wall, indicating the positions of sampling points Y1-Y8 (above), together with close-up photographs of the samples collected in this study (at the lower portion of the figure).

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Keywords: sgraffito, wall art, lime mortar, bio-weathering, next-generation sequencing (NGS)

Citation: Nir I, Sharaby A, Barak H, Pavan MJ, Friedlander LR, Multanen V and Kushmaro A (2026) Correction: Extensive biofilm covering on sgraffito wall art: a call for proactive monitoring. Front. Microbiol. 17:1795378. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1795378

Received: 24 January 2026; Revised: 24 January 2026;
Accepted: 26 January 2026; Published: 09 February 2026.

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*Correspondence: Irit Nir, aXJpdG5pcjFAZ21haWwuY29t; Ariel Kushmaro, YXJpZWxrdXNAYmd1LmFjLmls

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