Microbial assessment in a rare Norwegian book collection: a One Health approach to cultural heritage

This research was funded by the EEA Grant Fund for Bilateral Relations “Microbiological contamination in cultural heritage settings: shared experiences for better approaches” (FBR_OC2_66_NOVA.ID.FCT). S. Sequeira and E. Pasnak gratefully acknowledge the support by the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciên...

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Published in:Microorganisms
Main Authors: Sequeira, Sílvia O., Pasnak, Ekaterina, Viegas, Carla, Gomes, Bianca, Dias, Marta, Cervantes, Renata, Pena, Pedro, Twarużek, Magdalena, Kosicki, Robert, Viegas, Susana, Caetano, Liliana Aranha, Penetra, Maria João, Silva, Inês, Caldeira, Ana Teresa, Pinheiro, Catarina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Occupational health
Occupational exposure
Biodeterioration
Cultural heritage
Microbial contamination
One Health approach
Conservation
Library and archival collection
Norway
FCT_UIDP/05608/2020
FCT_UIDB/05608/2020
IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M
IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL
IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL
IPL/IDI&CA2023/AR AFSawmills_ESTeSL
Norwegian Sea
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/17510
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12061215
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Summary:This research was funded by the EEA Grant Fund for Bilateral Relations “Microbiological contamination in cultural heritage settings: shared experiences for better approaches” (FBR_OC2_66_NOVA.ID.FCT). S. Sequeira and E. Pasnak gratefully acknowledge the support by the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT/MCTES) through research grants (CEECIND/01474/2018 and UI/BD/153082/2022) and LAQV-REQUIMTE funding. This project was supported by FCT/MCTES UIDP/05608/2020 and UIDB/05608/2020. This work was also supported by national funds through FCT/MCTES/FSE/UE, 2023.01366.BD; UI/BD/153746/2022 and CE3C unit UIDB/00329/2020, UI/BD/151431/2021, and by Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, national support through IPL/2022/InChildhealth/BI/12M; IPL/IDI&CA2023/FoodAIIEU_ESTeSL; IPL/IDI&CA2023/ASPRisk_ESTeSL; IPL/IDI&CA2023/AR AFSawmills_ESTeSL. This project was also supported by the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, under the program “Regional Initiative of Excellence” in 2019–2022 (GrantNo. 008/RID/201/19). C. Pinheiro acknowledges the FCT/MCTES support through CEECIND/02598/2017. C. Pinheiro, M. Penetra, I. Silva, and T. Caldeira acknowledge support from UIDB/04449/2020, UIDP/04449/2020, and LA/P/0132/2020. M. Penetra acknowledges the financial support of the project “ROADMAP—Research on Antonio De Holanda Miniatures Artistic Production” (PTDC/ART-HIS/0985/2021), financed by Portuguese funds through FCT/MCTES. I. Santos acknowledges financial support to FCT-MCTES within the scope of the project UI/BD/153582/2022. Microbial contamination poses a threat to both the preservation of library and archival collections and the health of staff and users. This study investigated the microbial communities and potential health risks associated with the UNESCO-classified Norwegian Sea Trade Archive (NST Archive) collection exhibiting visible microbial colonization and staff health concerns. Dust samples from book surfaces and the storage environment were analyzed using culturing methods, qPCR, ...

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