Microbial diversity in biodeteriorated Greek historical documents dating back to the 19th and 20th century: A case study.

ABSTRACT: Paper documents in archives, libraries, and museums often undergo biodeterioration by microorganisms. Fungi and less often bacteria have been described to advance paper staining, so called "foxing" and degradation of paper substrates. In this study, for the first time, the fungal and bacterial diversity in biodeteriorated paper documents of Hellenic General State Archives dating back to the 19th and 20th century has been assessed by culture-dependent and independent methods. The internally transcribed spacer (ITS) region and 16S rRNA gene were amplified by PCR from fungal and bacterial isolates and amplicons were sequenced. Sequence analysis and phylogeny revealed fungal phylotypes like Penicillium sp., Cladosporium sp., Penicillium citrinum, Alternaria infectoria, Alternaria alternata, Ep

SUBMITTER: Karakasidou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182554 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature