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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Main Authors: Efraín Escudero-Leyva, Sofía Vieto, Roberto Avendaño, Diego Rojas-Gätjens, Paola Agüero, Carlos Pacheco, Mavis L. Montero, Priscila Chaverri, Max Chavarría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9847896/?tool=EBI

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