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An environmental assessment of biodeterioration in document repositories
- Source :
- Biofouling. 30(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Experiments were designed (1) to investigate the bioadhesion, biofilm formation, foxing, and micropitting in documentary collections, (2) to assess the risk of biodeterioration, (3) to investigate the environmental microbial concentration, and (4) to study the influence of environmental factors in biodeterioration of documentary heritage in three archives. The importance of this work in the field of biodeterioration of documentary heritage was verified by bioadhesion and biofilm formation by microorganisms isolated from the collections under study. Bacillus sp. and Scopulariopsis sp. isolated from paper books showed considerable evidence of attacking the paper structure and of pigment production, constituting a hazard to the loss of documentary heritage. Fil: Lavin, Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina Fil: Gómez de Saravia, Sandra Gabriela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina Fil: Guiamet, Patricia Sandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina
- Subjects :
- Paper
Biofouling
Air Microbiology
Colony Count, Microbial
Bacillus
INGENIERÍAS Y TECNOLOGÍAS
Bacillus sp
Comunicación y Medios
Aquatic Science
Papel y Madera
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Bacterial Adhesion
Ciencias Biológicas
CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Bibliotecología
Environmental protection
Ingeniería de los Materiales
MICROORGANISMS
Environmental impact assessment
Water Science and Technology
ENVIRONMENTAL AIR QUALITY
Ecology
Foxing
Fungi
MICROPITTING
FOXING
Geography
BIOADHESION
Biofilms
Scopulariopsis
MICROBIAL CONCENTRATION
Micología
DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Environmental Monitoring
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10292454
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biofouling
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....506de5a650561d1f73644547bf895ca1