Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica
We studied the physicochemical characteristics and mycobiota associated to five key historic documents from Costa Rica, including the Independence Act of Costa Rica from 1821. We used nondestructive techniques (i.e., ATR-FTIR and XRF) to determine paper and ink composition. Results show that some do...
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| author | Efraín Escudero-Leyva Sofía Vieto Roberto Avendaño Diego Rojas-Gätjens Paola Agüero Carlos Pacheco Mavis L. Montero Priscila Chaverri Max Chavarría |
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| description | We studied the physicochemical characteristics and mycobiota associated to five key historic documents from Costa Rica, including the Independence Act of Costa Rica from 1821. We used nondestructive techniques (i.e., ATR-FTIR and XRF) to determine paper and ink composition. Results show that some documents are composed of cotton-based paper, whereas others were made of wood cellulose with an increased lignin content. We also determined that the ink employed in some of the documents is ferrogallic. Cultivation and molecular techniques were used to characterize the fungi inhabiting the documents. In total, 22 fungal isolates were obtained: 15 from the wood-cellulose-based documents and seven from the other three cotton-based. We also tested the cellulolytic activity of the recovered fungi; 95% of the fungi presented cellulolytic activity correlated to their ability to cause deterioration of the paper. Results suggest that cotton-based paper is the most resistant to fungal colonization and that most of the isolates have cellulolytic activity. This work increases the knowledge of the fungal diversity that inhabits historic documents and its relationship with paper composition and provides valuable information to develop strategies to conserve and restore these invaluable documents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbdae7d999b9421dac4c7eee1e04d07b2023-01-25T05:34:03ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01181Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa RicaEfraín Escudero-LeyvaSofía VietoRoberto AvendañoDiego Rojas-GätjensPaola AgüeroCarlos PachecoMavis L. MonteroPriscila ChaverriMax ChavarríaWe studied the physicochemical characteristics and mycobiota associated to five key historic documents from Costa Rica, including the Independence Act of Costa Rica from 1821. We used nondestructive techniques (i.e., ATR-FTIR and XRF) to determine paper and ink composition. Results show that some documents are composed of cotton-based paper, whereas others were made of wood cellulose with an increased lignin content. We also determined that the ink employed in some of the documents is ferrogallic. Cultivation and molecular techniques were used to characterize the fungi inhabiting the documents. In total, 22 fungal isolates were obtained: 15 from the wood-cellulose-based documents and seven from the other three cotton-based. We also tested the cellulolytic activity of the recovered fungi; 95% of the fungi presented cellulolytic activity correlated to their ability to cause deterioration of the paper. Results suggest that cotton-based paper is the most resistant to fungal colonization and that most of the isolates have cellulolytic activity. This work increases the knowledge of the fungal diversity that inhabits historic documents and its relationship with paper composition and provides valuable information to develop strategies to conserve and restore these invaluable documents.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9847896/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Efraín Escudero-Leyva Sofía Vieto Roberto Avendaño Diego Rojas-Gätjens Paola Agüero Carlos Pacheco Mavis L. Montero Priscila Chaverri Max Chavarría Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica PLoS ONE |
| title | Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica |
| title_full | Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica |
| title_fullStr | Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica |
| title_short | Fungi with history: Unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of Costa Rica |
| title_sort | fungi with history unveiling the mycobiota of historic documents of costa rica |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9847896/?tool=EBI |
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