Fungal diversity in ancient documents. A case study on the Archive of the University of Coimbra

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-629

  Mesquita, N ^a   Portugal, A ^a   Videira, S ^a   Rodriguez Echeverria S ^a   Bandeira, A M L ^b   Santos, M J A ^b   Freitas, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ancient documents; Foxing; Fungal identification; ITS sequencing; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DOCUMENTS; FOXING; FUNGAL IDENTIFICATION; ITS SEQUENCING; PCR;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FUNGI; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

AMPLIFICATION;

FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BOTRYTIS; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 65749115613     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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