Uncovering Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Black Spots Residing in Tomb Mural Painting.

ABSTRACT: Microbes colonizing cultural artifacts are a ubiquitous phenomenon which may occur during burial, post-excavation, and storage periods, thereby seriously affecting sustainable heritage conservation. In this study, high-throughput sequencing technology was applied to analyze the microbial community structure in ancient mural paintings and the surrounding air, as well as to identify the most characteristic taxa causing black spot contamination. The results showed that members of the genera Gliomastix and Ochroconis were highly abundant in black-spots-contaminated areas and rarely detected in the air and uncontaminated mural paintings. Air samples of the two tombs showed no significant difference in Chao1 and Shannon indices, whereas statistically significant differences were ob

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12029219 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature