Analysis of the potential fungal biodeteriogen effects in the “Doctorate Library” of the University of Perugia, Italy

Ruga, Luigia; Bonofiglio, Tommaso; Orlandi, Fabio; Romano, Bruno; Fornaciari, Marco

doi:10.1080/00173130801916624

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“…The regulation of the quality of the indoor air in which a work of art or a historical artefact is kept becomes essential for its conservation. In particular, determination of organic pollutants is useful, so that the procedure to optimise the environmental protection represents an important tool in pre-emptive conservation, and above all allows the definition of the levels of biodeterioration risk (which arises from the life processes of living organisms that produce changes in the materials of their surrounding environment) and of sanitary hygiene for the associated operators and visitors (Sorlini, 1993;Mandrioli and Caneva, 1998;Urzì et al, 2001;Pinna, 2003;Aira et al, 2007;Angelosante et al, 2007;Ruga et al, 2007Ruga et al, , 2008Chen et al, 2010). The methodologies and the operational techniques for the prevention and recovery of damages caused by the biodeterioration improve the information about the biological risk factors of the workers.…”

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“…To avoid irreversible deterioration of such artefacts, and to evaluate the indoor biological risk, it is important to periodically carry out aerobiological monitoring of the biological components of the air of their environment, which provides the characterisation of the air quality from a biological point of view, both quantitatively (e.g., degree of contamination) and qualitatively (e.g., presence of potentially biodeteriogens species or with potential allergenicity) (Gravesen, 1979;Kurup et al, 2000). This allows the identification of any contaminant sources and the carrying out of suitable interventions (Nugari and Roccardi, 2001;Ruga et al, 2008). The Aerobiology represents an important tool for the preventive conservation and the public health.…”

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“…In the confined environments where particularly valuable historical, artistic or cultural objects are kept, such as museums, libraries, archives, churches and hypogea, there are a wide range of microorganisms and macroorganisms that represent potential risks for the degradation of these objects. These can also act in synergy with other factors, such as the atmospheric conditions, the nature of the artefact, its location within the environment, the materials that can be subject to attack, and any physicochemical degradation processes that are already present (Ruga et al, 2008).…”

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The assessment of fungal bioaerosols in the crypt of St. Peter in Perugia (Italy)

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The assessment of fungal bioaerosols in the crypt of St. Peter in Perugia (Italy)

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International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

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“…Aerobiology has multiple types of applications, such as allergy prevention [2,3]; crop forecasting and pest control in agronomy [4,5]; climate change impacts [6,7]; gene flow by airborne pollen [8], and cultural heritage conservation [9]. …”

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Automatic and Online Pollen Monitoring

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Pusch²,

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Int Arch Allergy Immunol

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Background: Pollen are monitored in Europe by a network of about 400 pollen traps, all operated manually. To date, automated pollen monitoring has only been feasible in areas with limited variability in pollen species. There is a need for rapid reporting of airborne pollen as well as for alleviating the workload of manual operation. We report our experience with a fully automated, image recognition-based pollen monitoring system, BAA500. Methods: The BAA500 sampled ambient air intermittently with a 3-stage virtual impactor at 60 m³/h in Munich, Germany. Pollen is deposited on a sticky surface that was regularly moved to a microscope equipped with a CCD camera. Images of the pollen were constructed and compared with a library of known samples. A Hirst-type pollen trap was operated simultaneously. Results: Over 480,000 particles sampled with the BAA500 were both manually and automatically identified, of which about 46,000 were pollen. Of the automatically reported pollen, 93.3% were correctly recognized. However, compared with manual identification, 27.8% of the captured pollen were missing in the automatic report, with most reported as unknown pollen. Salix pollen grains were not identified satisfactorily. The daily pollen concentrations reported by a Hirst-type pollen trap and the BAA500 were highly correlated (r = 0.98). Conclusions: The BAA500 is a functional automated pollen counter. Its software can be upgraded, and so we expected its performance to improve upon training. Automated pollen counting has great potential for workload reduction and rapid online pollen reporting.

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“…representatives were the predominant microfungi of the airborne microfungal load. Many members of these genera are known to be opportunistic pathogens whose antigens cause cases of diseases such as asthma, allergic rhinitis, allergic sinusitis and cutaneous infections [9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Indoor Air Quality of the Library at İstanbul University, Turkey

Kadaifçiler¹

2017

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Ö ZB u çalışmada, İstanbul Üniversitesi'nin farklı bölümlerindeki hava kökenli fırsatçı mikrofungal patojenlerin derişiminin ve kompozisyonunun belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Dikloran gliserol 18 agar ve malt özüt agar izolasyon için kullanılmış ve sırasıyla tüm örnekleme süresince toplam 1830 ve 1290 mikrofungus kolonisi toplanmıştır. Avrupa Birliği Komisyon raporuna göre örnekleme alanlarındaki kirlilik seviyeleri sınıflandırılmıştır. Diğer örnekleme alanlarında orta düzeyde kirlilik seviyesi saptanırken, Arşiv 1'de yüksek seviyede kirlilik saptanmıştır. En yaygın hava kökenli mikrofunguslar Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus amstelodami, Aspergillus niger ve Aspergillus fumigatus olarak tanımlanmıştır. Anahtar KelimelerHava kalitesi, kütüphane, mikrofungus, volümetrik hava örneklemesi. A B S T R A C TT his study aimed to determine the concentration and composition of opportunistic airborne microfungal pathogens in different parts of the library of İstanbul University, Turkey. Dichloran glycerol 18 agar and malt extract agar were used for isolation and a total of 1830 and 1290 microfungal colonies were collected during the whole study period, respectively. Contamination levels in sampling areas were classified according to the Commission of European Communities report's classifications and a high contamination level was determined in Archive 1, while an intermediate contamination level was determined in other sampling areas. The most common airborne microfungi were identified as Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus amstelodami, Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus fumigatus.

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Analysis of the potential fungal biodeteriogen effects in the “Doctorate Library” of the University of Perugia, Italy

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

The assessment of fungal bioaerosols in the crypt of St. Peter in Perugia (Italy)

The assessment of fungal bioaerosols in the crypt of St. Peter in Perugia (Italy)

Automatic and Online Pollen Monitoring

Indoor Air Quality of the Library at İstanbul University, Turkey

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