[HTML][HTML] Artefact Profiling: Panomics Approaches for Understanding the Materiality of Written Artefacts

M Creydt, M Fischer - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review explains the strategies behind genomics, proteomics, metabolomics,
metallomics and isotopolomics approaches and their applicability to written artefacts. The …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal and bacterial species richness in biodeteriorated seventeenth century Venetian manuscripts

M Stratigaki, A Armirotti, G Ottonello, S Manente… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Historical paper documents are susceptible to complex degradation processes, including
biodeterioration, which can progressively compromise their aesthetic and structural integrity …

[HTML][HTML] Microbes on the “peachy spots” of ancient Kaihua paper: microbial community and functional analysis

Y Zhou, Y Shi, Y Huang, J Zhong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Kaihua paper is a type of precious hand-made paper in China that has been used
throughout Chinese history. Due to its extraordinary whiteness and fine texture, it was …

Microbiota diversity in biodeteriorated 17th-century Venetian manuscripts

M Stratigaki, A Armirotti, G Ottonello, S Manente… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Historical paper documents are susceptible to complex degradation processes.
Biodeterioration is one of the usual suspects that progressively compromises their aesthetic …