Development of new approaches for the detection of yeast and bacteria thriving in mortars

Autor: Ricardo Vieira, Marina González-Pérez, António Pereira, António Candeias, Ana T. Caldeira
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Conservar Património, Vol 23, Pp 71-77 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1646-043X
2182-9942
DOI: 10.14568/cp2015047
Popis: The development of simple and rapid new approaches for analysing microbial communities colonising Cultural Heritage materials is pivotal for its safeguard. Fluorescence in situ hybridisation technique using ribosomal RNA directed probes (RNA-FISH) has demonstrated a great potential for this purpose. A protocol for analysing filamentous fungi in mortars has been already developed in previous studies. In this work this protocol has been adapted for detecting bacteria and yeasts. Good results have been obtained for the analysis of suspensions of isolates. In this way, the optimized protocol was applied in microsamples from synthetic mortar artificially inoculated with yeast and bacterial isolates. Promising results have been obtained for the ex situ analysis of yeast and bacteria thriving in mortar microsamples.
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