Small Grant co-funded by International Visegrad Fund Modern approach for biodeterioration assessment and disinfection of historical book collections

About the project

The variety of cultural heritage book collections and the lack of adequately monitored storage places cause their degradation. It is necessary to identify microorganisms, determine their role in the biodeterioration and establish the effectiveness of disinfection and the effects of its interaction with paper. Hence, the research objective is to determine the microbiological state of books using new generation, non-invasive methods (high throughput sequencing, 16S rRNA, ITS region, RNA, MALDI-TOF-MS analysis) and to determine the effect of 3 various chemical and physical disinfection methods (silver nanoparticles misting, essential oils, non-thermal plasma) on microorganism inhibition. Moreover, the mechanical and optical properties of paper included in historical books will be assessed.

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The research will result in a publication of two scientific articles:

Additionally a monograph will be published, covering the research results. Monograph in the electronic version will be posted on the project website and available to beneficiaries ­museums and archives in V4 region. The printed version of monograph will sent to the most important national museums and archives.

Coordinator

Lodz University of Technology
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences
Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology
Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
v4biodeterioration@info.p.lodz.pl

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University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Technická 3, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Slovak Academy of Sciences
Institute of Molecular Biology
Laboratory of Environmental and Food Microbiology
Dubravska Cesta 21, 84551 Bratislava, Slovakia