Author(s)

Rui Zhang¹, Kang Wang¹, Meirong Sun², Bo Zhang³, Honglian Zhang¹, Sidong Li¹, Hui Du¹, Yanlin Lu³, Yang Ye³, Xiaoqiang Yu⁴

¹Center of Biology of Experimental Teaching Department, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
²Shenzhen Guibao Science & Technology Company, Ltd., Shenzhen, China.
³Shenzhen Museum, Shenzhen, China.
⁴School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, USA.

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.

Animal Specimens, Mold Identification, PCR, Sequencing, Phylogenetic Tree Analysis

Zhang, R. , Wang, K. , Sun, M. , Zhang, B. , Zhang, H. , Li, S. , Du, H. , Lu, Y. , Ye, Y. and Yu, X. (2016) Characterizations and Analysis of the Mold from Animal Specimens in Shenzhen Museum. Journal of Environmental Protection, 7, 1033-1040. doi: 10.4236/jep.2016.77091.