The major groups of micro‐organisms on cured woolskins have been correlated with specific curing treatments. No treatment eliminated Bacillus spp. or halophilic bacteria. Of the treatments which eliminated fungi, coliforms and micrococci, biocides and fungicides were significant. Differences were found in microbial population distribution between wool and skin. The minimum curing treatment was salt and naphthalene. The most effective was salt and naphthalene and Benlate. An alternative treatment is salt and sodium fluoride and Busan 30.
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