MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL
A., T., A., O., F., E. (2019). MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL. EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), 27-37. doi: 10.21608/ejars.2019.38429
Taha A.; Omar A.; El-Wekeel F.. "MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL". EKB Journal Management System, 9, 1, 2019, 27-37. doi: 10.21608/ejars.2019.38429
A., T., A., O., F., E. (2019). 'MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL', EKB Journal Management System, 9(1), pp. 27-37. doi: 10.21608/ejars.2019.38429
A., T., A., O., F., E. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 9(1): 27-37. doi: 10.21608/ejars.2019.38429

MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF ANCIENT TEXTILES HOUSED IN THE EGYPTIAN TEXTILE MUSEUM AND METHODS OF ITS CONTROL

Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies
Article 3, Volume 9, Issue 1, June 2019, Page 27-37  XML PDF (634.68 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejars.2019.38429
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Authors
Taha A.1; Omar A.2; El-Wekeel F.3
1Conservation dept., Faculty of Archaeology, Aswan Univ., Aswan, Egypt
2Conservator, Conservation Center, Grand Egyptian Museum, Egypt
3Conservator, El-Manial Palace Museum, Supreme Council of Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
All ancient textile materials have a simple chemical composition, mainly cellulose and protein. This organic component increases the susceptibility of textiles to soaking up and retaining wet from the unfavorable conditions of high humidity and temperature, causing microbial deterioration. Microbial deterioration of archaeological textile was studied as a state from the Egyptian Textile Museum; isolation, purification, and identification of the causative microorganisms were occurring, where the most common microorganisms isolated from archaeological textiles were molds. Bio-logical activities of the isolated microorganisms were studied and disinfection of archaeological textile was applied using different methods. The characteristics of test methods and disinfection include their application to historical objects. Historic textiles were analyzed from different perspectives: Stereo microscopes, SEM with EDX, FTIR, as well as fiber structure and fiber chemical composition. The results illustrated that the best concentrations of a specific mic-robicide for the bio-treatment of infected textile materials is Di-chloroxylenol at (1000 ppm). It is sufficient to inhibit all isolated microorganisms, followed by p-chloro-m-cresol at (1000 ppm) concentration, and Sodium azide at (2000 ppm) concentration.
Keywords
textiles; Microbial; Antimicrobial agents; Enzymes; Biocides treatments
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