期刊
INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION
卷 171, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2022.105420
关键词
Marble biodeterioration; Microbial communities; Metataxonomics; Phenotype microarray; Microbial metabolism
资金
- Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (OSMF) funds
This study investigated the microbial communities inhabiting marble in two different exposed areas of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, using DNA metabarcoding and Phenotype Microarray analysis. The results showed differences in community structure and metabolic potential between the two study sites.
Stone-built cultural heritage exposed to urban environment is a habitat where heterogeneous microbial communities grow, inducing significant biodeterioration. The conservation of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence is a main issue of worldwide concern. We previously investigated the dark discoloration of the external white marble and the associated microbiota in two study sites of Florence Cathedral, one northwest and the other southeast exposed, through microscopy and cultivation-dependent methods. The aim of this study was to obtain a more in-depth characterization of the microbial communities inhabiting marble in these two areas. Bacterial and fungal diversity was investigated through DNA metabarcoding of the 16S rRNA gene and ITS region, respectively. Furthermore, the metabolic activity of the entire microbial community was analyzed through BiologTM Ecoplate technology, a tool rarely used in the investigation of biodeterioration. The taxonomic analysis evidenced a different structure of the communities in the two study sites. The Phenotype Microarray assay showed different metabolic profiles, with a higher metabolic potential of the southeast community. Cultivated bacteria showed the capacity for carbonate dissolution and precipitation.
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