Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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Nitiu, Daniela Silvana; Mallo, Andrea Cecilia; Eliades, Lorena Alejandra; Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel; Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno
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2018
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The cultural properties kept in museums are exposed to different environmental and biological factors that may affect their aesthetic or structural integrity due to the biodeterioration of their substrates. The aims of the present study were i) to determine the environmental fungal load present both inside and outside the Egyptian Room of the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, Argentina, as well as inside two showcases where Egyptian sarcophagi are preserved, along a one-year monitoring, and ii) to evaluate the possible impact of temperature and relative humidity on the preservation of these mummies. The fungal load was determined by means of a volumetric air sampling methodology and the environmental variables by means of specific instruments. The fungal load found in the four sites studied was of 985,308.7 colony-forming units/m3, belonging to 21 fungal taxa, mainly to the phylum Ascomycota. Eleven of these taxa, among which the most representative were Beauveria bassiana, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium sp. and Rhodotorula sp. (as a yeast representative), were common to the four sites, showing a significant similarity between the outdoor and indoor environments. Regarding the environmental variables, the temperature of the exhibition room and that of the two showcases were either similar or lower than the values recommended by the UNI 10829:1999 standards. In contrast, throughout the year, the relative humidity recorded was higher than the recommended values. Continuous studies like the one performed here are key to ensure the preventive conservation of the cultural heritage kept in museum exhibition spaces.
Fil: Nitiu, Daniela Silvana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; Argentina
Fil: Mallo, Andrea Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Eliades, Lorena Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Bellas Artes; Argentina
Fil: Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; Argentina
Materia
Fungi
Conservation
Egyptian Mummies
Museo la Plata
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spelling Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaNitiu, Daniela SilvanaMallo, Andrea CeciliaEliades, Lorena AlejandraGarcia Santa Cruz, Mauro GabrielSaparrat, Mario Carlos NazarenoFungiConservationEgyptian MummiesMuseo la Platahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The cultural properties kept in museums are exposed to different environmental and biological factors that may affect their aesthetic or structural integrity due to the biodeterioration of their substrates. The aims of the present study were i) to determine the environmental fungal load present both inside and outside the Egyptian Room of the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, Argentina, as well as inside two showcases where Egyptian sarcophagi are preserved, along a one-year monitoring, and ii) to evaluate the possible impact of temperature and relative humidity on the preservation of these mummies. The fungal load was determined by means of a volumetric air sampling methodology and the environmental variables by means of specific instruments. The fungal load found in the four sites studied was of 985,308.7 colony-forming units/m3, belonging to 21 fungal taxa, mainly to the phylum Ascomycota. Eleven of these taxa, among which the most representative were Beauveria bassiana, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium sp. and Rhodotorula sp. (as a yeast representative), were common to the four sites, showing a significant similarity between the outdoor and indoor environments. Regarding the environmental variables, the temperature of the exhibition room and that of the two showcases were either similar or lower than the values recommended by the UNI 10829:1999 standards. In contrast, throughout the year, the relative humidity recorded was higher than the recommended values. Continuous studies like the one performed here are key to ensure the preventive conservation of the cultural heritage kept in museum exhibition spaces.Fil: Nitiu, Daniela Silvana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; ArgentinaFil: Mallo, Andrea Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; ArgentinaFil: Eliades, Lorena Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; ArgentinaFil: Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Bellas Artes; ArgentinaFil: Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; ArgentinaInternational Journal of Conservation Science2018-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.documentapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/101286Nitiu, Daniela Silvana; Mallo, Andrea Cecilia; Eliades, Lorena Alejandra; Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel; Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno; Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina; International Journal of Conservation Science; International Journal of Conservation Science; 10; 2; 5-2018; 1-152067-533XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.ijcs.uaic.ro/volume_10.htmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:52:40Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/101286instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:52:40.341CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
title Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
spellingShingle Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Nitiu, Daniela Silvana
Fungi
Conservation
Egyptian Mummies
Museo la Plata
title_short Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
title_full Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
title_fullStr Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
title_sort Fungal monitoring in an exhibition room with Egyptian mummies in the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nitiu, Daniela Silvana
Mallo, Andrea Cecilia
Eliades, Lorena Alejandra
Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel
Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno
author Nitiu, Daniela Silvana
author_facet Nitiu, Daniela Silvana
Mallo, Andrea Cecilia
Eliades, Lorena Alejandra
Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel
Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno
author_role author
author2 Mallo, Andrea Cecilia
Eliades, Lorena Alejandra
Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel
Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Fungi
Conservation
Egyptian Mummies
Museo la Plata
topic Fungi
Conservation
Egyptian Mummies
Museo la Plata
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The cultural properties kept in museums are exposed to different environmental and biological factors that may affect their aesthetic or structural integrity due to the biodeterioration of their substrates. The aims of the present study were i) to determine the environmental fungal load present both inside and outside the Egyptian Room of the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, Argentina, as well as inside two showcases where Egyptian sarcophagi are preserved, along a one-year monitoring, and ii) to evaluate the possible impact of temperature and relative humidity on the preservation of these mummies. The fungal load was determined by means of a volumetric air sampling methodology and the environmental variables by means of specific instruments. The fungal load found in the four sites studied was of 985,308.7 colony-forming units/m3, belonging to 21 fungal taxa, mainly to the phylum Ascomycota. Eleven of these taxa, among which the most representative were Beauveria bassiana, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium sp. and Rhodotorula sp. (as a yeast representative), were common to the four sites, showing a significant similarity between the outdoor and indoor environments. Regarding the environmental variables, the temperature of the exhibition room and that of the two showcases were either similar or lower than the values recommended by the UNI 10829:1999 standards. In contrast, throughout the year, the relative humidity recorded was higher than the recommended values. Continuous studies like the one performed here are key to ensure the preventive conservation of the cultural heritage kept in museum exhibition spaces.
Fil: Nitiu, Daniela Silvana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; Argentina
Fil: Mallo, Andrea Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Cátedra de Palinología; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina
Fil: Eliades, Lorena Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; Argentina
Fil: Garcia Santa Cruz, Mauro Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Bellas Artes; Argentina
Fil: Saparrat, Mario Carlos Nazareno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Instituto de Botánica Spegazzini; Argentina
description The cultural properties kept in museums are exposed to different environmental and biological factors that may affect their aesthetic or structural integrity due to the biodeterioration of their substrates. The aims of the present study were i) to determine the environmental fungal load present both inside and outside the Egyptian Room of the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata, Argentina, as well as inside two showcases where Egyptian sarcophagi are preserved, along a one-year monitoring, and ii) to evaluate the possible impact of temperature and relative humidity on the preservation of these mummies. The fungal load was determined by means of a volumetric air sampling methodology and the environmental variables by means of specific instruments. The fungal load found in the four sites studied was of 985,308.7 colony-forming units/m3, belonging to 21 fungal taxa, mainly to the phylum Ascomycota. Eleven of these taxa, among which the most representative were Beauveria bassiana, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium sp. and Rhodotorula sp. (as a yeast representative), were common to the four sites, showing a significant similarity between the outdoor and indoor environments. Regarding the environmental variables, the temperature of the exhibition room and that of the two showcases were either similar or lower than the values recommended by the UNI 10829:1999 standards. In contrast, throughout the year, the relative humidity recorded was higher than the recommended values. Continuous studies like the one performed here are key to ensure the preventive conservation of the cultural heritage kept in museum exhibition spaces.
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