ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2015
Unmasking the measles-like parchment discoloration: molecular and microanalytical approach.
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- Investigation on microbial deterioration of exquisite collection of old manuscripts in Iran.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2023Article
- Artefact Profiling: Panomics Approaches for Understanding the Materiality of Written Artefacts.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Analysis and control of fungal deterioration on the surface of pottery figurines unearthed from the tombs of the Western Han Dynasty.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- Decoding the biological information contained in two ancient Slavonic parchment codices: an added historical value.Environmental microbiology · 2020Article
- Application of a Medical Diode Laser (810 nm) for Disinfecting Small Microbiologically Contaminated Spots on Degraded Collagenous Materials for Improved Biosafety in Objects of Exceptional Historical Value From the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Protection of Human Health.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- The Integration of Metagenomics and Chemical Physical Techniques Biodecoded the Buried Traces of the Biodeteriogens of Parchment Purple Spots.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- The Microbiome of Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings: A Bio-Archive of Their History.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Three ancient documents solve the jigsaw of the parchment purple spot deterioration and validate the microbial succession model.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Fungi from Admiralty Bay (King George Island, Antarctica) Soils and Marine Sediments.Microbial ecology · 2019Article
- Melding the Old with the New: Trends in Methods Used to Identify, Monitor, and Control Microorganisms on Cultural Heritage Materials.Microbial ecology · 2018Review
- Microbial Community Analyses of the Deteriorated Storeroom Objects in the Tianjin Museum Using Culture-Independent and Culture-Dependent Approaches.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- The York Gospels: a 1000-year biological palimpsest.Royal Society open science · 2017Article
- Purple spot damage dynamics investigated by an integrated approach on a 1244 A.D. parchment roll from the Secret Vatican Archive.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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- Aspergillus atacamensis and A. salisburgensis: two new halophilic species from hypersaline/arid habitats with a phialosimplex-like morphology.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2017Article
- New endophyticIMA fungus · 2017Article
- Microbial Life and Death in a Foxing Stain: a Suggested Mechanism of Photographic Prints Defacement.Microbial ecology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Many ancient parchments are defaced by red or purple maculae associated with localized destruction of collagen fibres. Although the main characteristics of this damage were present in most of the manuscripts analysed by many authors, no common microbial or fungal denominator has been found so far, and little or no correspondence between the microbial or fungal species isolated from materials could be addressed. In this study, culture-independent molecular methods and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to identify fungal and bacterial communities on parchments affected by the purple stains. Protocols for c extraction and nucleic-acid-based strategies were selected for assays examining the community structure of fungi and bacteria on biodeteriorated parchment. Both SEM and molecular analysis detected the presence of bacterial and fungal cells in the damaged areas. Halophilic, halotolerant proteolytic bacterial species were selected by the saline environment provided by the parchment samples. As common microbial denominators, members of the Actinobacteria, mainly Saccharopolyspora spp. and species of Aspergillus, were detected in all investigated cases. It is proposed that a relationship exists between the phenomenon of purple spots on ancient parchments and that of the 'red heat' phenomenon, known to be present in some products manufactured with marine salt.
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