Research Article

Determination of Indoor Air Quality in Archives and Biodeterioration of the Documentary Heritage

Table 5

Type of microorganisms isolated from the different documents.

Type of microorganism and/or morphological characteristicsM1M2M3L1F1F2F3F3AF4P1aP1bP2

Fungi
Aspergillus spp.+ + ++++ + +++
Penicillium spp.++++++
Talaromyces helicus +
Cladosporium spp.+
Alternaria spp.+
Scopulariopsis spp.++
 Non-sporing isolated+

Bacteria
Bacillus spp.++++++++++
Clostridium spp. ++
 Gram-positive cocci++++++
 Gram-negative cocci+++
 Non sporulated Gram-positive bacilli+a+++
 Gram-negative bacilli++++

aIndicates that strains of Streptomyces spp. were isolated too.