Fungal contaminant in the indoor air is one of risk factors that could damage valuable paper-based records preserved in libraries. In the process of monitoring airborne fungi at the Nara Repository, the National Archives, Seoul, Korea, three fungal strains, DUCC 16098, DUCC 17764, and DUCC17767 were isolated from the archive’s air samples. Fungal identification was performed based on the morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), the 28S LSU rDNA, and β-tubulin gene (BenA), and TEF1-α gene. These DUCC 16098, DUCC 17764 and DUCC17767 strains were identified as Clonostachys farinosa, Penicillium cosmopolitanum, and Cephalotrichum purpureofuscum. These species have not been recorded before in Korea. Information on these fungi will help the monitoring and management of airborne fungi in the archival facilities.

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
    2.1 Isolation of fungal strains from the archivesair samples
    2.2 Morphological studies
    2.3 DNA extraction, PCR, and sequencing
    2.4 Phylogenetic analysis
3. Results and Discussion
    3.1 Clonostachys farinosa DUCC 16098(NIBRFGC000508679) strain
    3.2 Penicillium cosmopolitanum DUCC 17764(NIBRFGC000508672) strain
    3.3 Cephalotrichum purpureofuscum DUCC17767 (NIBRFGC000508678) strain

• Yein Kim(Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Dankook University)
• Huiju Seo(Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Dankook University, Encosis Co. Ltd)
• Ye Eun Kim(Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Dankook University, Plant Quarantine Technology Center, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
• Seong Hwan Kim(Department of Microbiology, College of Science and Technology, Dankook University) Corresponding author