AUTHOR=Sun Mingliang , Zhang Fengyu , Huang Xinduo , Han Yeqing , Jiang Nan , Cui Biao , Guo Qingling , Kong Mengyue , Song Lin , Pan Jiao 

TITLE=Analysis of Microbial Community in the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City and Study on Protective Materials

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00684

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2020.00684

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=This study aims to provide a reference for the protection of the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City. As a basis for the further preservation of these artifacts, it was necessary to ana-lyze the microflora colonizing these soil objects. To this end, samples with microbial character-istics were obtained and analyzed by SEM and metagenomic sequencing to reveal the composi-tion of the microflora. In addition, culture-dependent approaches were employed to complement the data obtained by amplicon sequencing. Finally, we carried out degradation experiments on the protective materials commonly employed at the earthen sites at present and used Fourier infrared spectroscopy to test and analyze the biodegradability of the protective materials. Soil samples containing protective materials were analyzed to test the influence of protective mate-rials on soil properties.