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Assessing the microbiological risk to stored sixteenth century parchment manuscripts: a holistic approach based on molecular and environmental studies

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Pages 299-311 | Received 24 Jul 2013, Accepted 28 Nov 2013, Published online: 19 Feb 2014

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