| Egyptian Journal of Archeological and Restoration Studies


EJARS (Established 2011)

Volume 4 ,issue 2 | Summer and Autumn 2014 | Pages : 105-112

APPLICATION OF DNA TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGAL COMMUNITIES COLONIZING BOOK OF EGYPT VOLUMES V PLANCHES ANTIQUITIES

Document Type: Original article

DOI: 10.21608/EJARS.2014.7265

pages: 105-112

Authors:
Afandy, A. 1 ; Taha, A. 2

1 Assoc. Prof. Heritage Resources Management & Tour Guidance dept., College of Tourism & Archaeology, King Saud Univ. Riyadh, KSA. Conservation department, faculty of archaeology, Cairo Univ.
2 Conservation dept., High Institute of Tourism, Hotel Management & Restoration, Alexandria.

Abstract:
This study represents both a study case about the fungi associated with a description of Egypt volumes V Planches Antiquities in the Central library of Islamic manuscripts in Cairo, were used for identification of isolates from these brownish area from a description of Egypt The plate method with a DNA was used for identification of fungi. The two internal transcribed spacers and the 5.8S gene (ITS1-5.8S- ITS2) from the nuclear ribosomal DNA were amplified. The results show that the most dominant fungi isolated from the examined old paper samples belong to Aspergillus spp. (niger – flavus – fumigates and – terreus). In the present study, culture-independent molecular methods were applied to identify fungi communities colonizing paper samples. Some of these fungi are cellulolytic species. Pure fungal strains were used to constitute a marker for further comparative investigations of a description of Egypt volumes V Planches Antiquities. This study represents both a study case about the fungi associated with a description of Egypt volumes V Planches Antiquities in the Central library of Islamic manuscripts in Cairo, were used for identification of isolates from these brownish area from a description of Egypt The plate method with a DNA was used for identification of fungi. The two internal transcribed spacers and the 5.8S gene (ITS1-5.8S- ITS2) from the nuclear ribosomal DNA were amplified. The results show that the most dominant fungi isolated from the examined old paper samples belong to Aspergillus spp. (niger – flavus – fumigates and – terreus). In the present study, culture-independent molecular methods were applied to identify fungi communities colonizing paper samples. Some of these fungi are cellulolytic species. Pure fungal strains were used to constitute a marker for further comparative investigations of a description of Egypt volumes V Planches Antiquities.

Keywords:
manuscripts; DNA; Fungal strains; Investigations; diagnosis

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