Libraries and archives are keepers of expressions of human thought, from the most ancient documents written on papyrus, parchement, etc., to the new photographic and electronic supports. These materials of vegetal, animal or synthetic origin are subject to deterioration by physical agents (light, heat, humidity), chemical agents (atmospheric pollution), and biological agents (bacteria, microfungi and insects). Micro-organisms, agents of biodeterioration, as it is known, can be carried by airborne particles which can eventually settle in the dust. This papers shows the results of a preliminary quantitative and qualitative study made on potentially deteriogenic airborne fungal spores present in the dust deposited on shelves and documents of an archive's repository. The hygrothermometric parameters and the water content of the materials were also measured. The dust samples were collected with Swab Millipore samplers, using electrostatic attraction. This kind of sampler, originally destined for the microbiological analysis of water and, in extension, used to isolate bacteria from the book-material, was successfully also used in this case of dust sampling. Compared with the data resulting from the bibliography on dust, the use of Swabs allowed the spores present in the dust on books and shelves to be isolated.

Airborne fungal spores in dust present in archives: Proposal for a detection method, new for archival materials / Maggi, Oriana; Persiani, Anna Maria; F., Gallo; P., Valenti; G., Pasquariello; M. C., Sclocchi; M., Scorrano. - In: AEROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0393-5965. - STAMPA. - 16:3-4(2000), pp. 429-434. [10.1023/a:1026522826477]

Airborne fungal spores in dust present in archives: Proposal for a detection method, new for archival materials

MAGGI, Oriana;PERSIANI, Anna Maria;
2000

Abstract

Libraries and archives are keepers of expressions of human thought, from the most ancient documents written on papyrus, parchement, etc., to the new photographic and electronic supports. These materials of vegetal, animal or synthetic origin are subject to deterioration by physical agents (light, heat, humidity), chemical agents (atmospheric pollution), and biological agents (bacteria, microfungi and insects). Micro-organisms, agents of biodeterioration, as it is known, can be carried by airborne particles which can eventually settle in the dust. This papers shows the results of a preliminary quantitative and qualitative study made on potentially deteriogenic airborne fungal spores present in the dust deposited on shelves and documents of an archive's repository. The hygrothermometric parameters and the water content of the materials were also measured. The dust samples were collected with Swab Millipore samplers, using electrostatic attraction. This kind of sampler, originally destined for the microbiological analysis of water and, in extension, used to isolate bacteria from the book-material, was successfully also used in this case of dust sampling. Compared with the data resulting from the bibliography on dust, the use of Swabs allowed the spores present in the dust on books and shelves to be isolated.
2000
airborne fungal spores; archives; dust; sampling method
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Airborne fungal spores in dust present in archives: Proposal for a detection method, new for archival materials / Maggi, Oriana; Persiani, Anna Maria; F., Gallo; P., Valenti; G., Pasquariello; M. C., Sclocchi; M., Scorrano. - In: AEROBIOLOGIA. - ISSN 0393-5965. - STAMPA. - 16:3-4(2000), pp. 429-434. [10.1023/a:1026522826477]
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