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- Title
MONITOREO DE HONGOS AMBIENTALES EN LABORATORIOS Y RESERVAS PATRIMONIALES BIOARQUEOLÓGICAS.
- Authors
Cepeda, Romina; Luque, Lizet; Ramirez, Darío; Franco, Paola; Fabra, Mariana
- Abstract
Fungi are cosmopolitan organisms that can develop in most varied substrates, in different climates and even in extreme conditions. They contribute with deterioration of infrastructures and archaeological collections, produce toxins and volatile substances that sometimes cause respiratory systemic diseases and allergies. The aim of this paper is to monitor the presence of fungi in Bioarchaeology and Molecular Biology laboratories, and to generate a protocol of good cleaning practices on these environments. These are four laboratories, located in the Institute of Anthropology of Córdoba, Archeology Department of the Cultural Heritage Management of the Cordoba Culture Agency S.E and the Patrimonial Reserve of the Museum of Anthropology. A non-volumetric methodology was applied, with Petri dishes (n = 30) being 34 prepared with Sabouraud Agar medium with antibiotic, on different surfaces of the mentioned spaces, for 5 minutes. Then, they were incubated in an oven for one week at 28°C. The identification of the different colonies was carried out by using magnifying glass and optical microscopy, counting them and identifying them at the genus level. The presence of Cladosporium sp., Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Chrysoinilia sp., Rhodotorula sp. were detected. Some of the identified genera can cause different respiratory pathologies. The results are presented, discriminated by laboratories, and a proposal of good practices protocol and cleaning generated for these environments, as well as biosafety and hygiene standards that guarantee a decrease in fungal microbiota environmental concentrations that reduce not only the risks of exposure to diseases for workers, but also damages in the bioarchaeological collections.
- Subjects
CORDOBA (Spain); OPTICAL glass; ARCHAEOLOGICAL museums &; collections; CULTURAL property; MOLECULAR biology; MICROSCOPY; PENICILLIUM; ASPERGILLUS
- Publication
Boletín Micológico, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 2, p33
- ISSN
0716-114X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22370/bolmicol.2019.34.2.1909