TITLE:
Characterizations and Analysis of the Mold from Animal Specimens in Shenzhen Museum
AUTHORS:
Rui Zhang, Kang Wang, Meirong Sun, Bo Zhang, Honglian Zhang, Sidong Li, Hui Du, Yanlin Lu, Yang Ye, Xiaoqiang Yu
KEYWORDS:
Animal Specimens, Mold Identification, PCR, Sequencing, Phylogenetic Tree Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.7 No.7,
June
16,
2016
ABSTRACT: Biological specimens play an important role
in cultural exchange, science popularization, scientific research and economic
window, but the preparation and preservation technology system of biological
specimens is relatively unsafe and inefficient. Mold grows seriously on animal
specimens, which is not only harmful to human beings’ health and environment,
but also is one of the factors that restricts the development of the natural
history museums where these specimens are kept. This paper identified the mold
species of animal specimens by PCR with ITS primers, bio-micro-scopic
observation, sequencing and phylogenetic tree analysis. The results showed the
mold of animal specimens mainly belonged to Aspergillus and Neurospora. This
study established the foundations of controlling and restoring the mold that
infected animal specimens and guided a new methodology of preparation and
environmental friendly exhibition for animal specimens.