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In parallel with the impact study, two research programmes will be set up in 2009. The first, entrusted to a German microbiologist, relates to the study and the evaluation of pesticides biocides which might be applied if the situation required it. The second relates to the microbial ecology of the cave of Lascaux and the metabolic activity of the mushrooms with production of melanin which compose the majority of the “black spots”. A cave without archaeological interest, but selected on the basis of its similarity with the cave of Lascaux, will be equipped as an experimental site.
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