Disclosing a crypt: Microbial diversity and degradation activity of the microflora isolated from funeral clothes of Cardinal Peter Pázmány

Microbiological Research

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 289-299

  Pangallo, Domenico ^a,c   Kraková, Lucia ^a   Chovanová, Katarína ^a   Bučková, Maria ^a   Puškarová, Andrea ^a   Šimonovičová, Alexandra ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c Caravella sro   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Crypt environment; Fibroin; Keratin; Microbial characterization; Textile biodegradation; Textile materials

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS STRAINS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CRYPT ENVIRONMENT; DEGRADATION ACTIVITY; FIBROIN; MICROBIAL CHARACTERIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; TEXTILE MATERIALS;

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; KERATIN; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA;

TEXTILES;

BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AGAR; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEXTILE;

BACTERIA; BIOTA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FOSSILS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEXTILES;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; EUROTIUM; EUROTIUM CRISTATUM; FIRMICUTES; MYRIODONTIUM KERATINOPHILUM; PENICILLIUM; XENOCHALARA JUNIPERI;

EID: 84876410613     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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