Bacterial deposition of gold on hair: Archeological, forensic and toxicological implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Phillips, Genevieve ^a   Reith, Frank ^b,c   Qualls, Clifford ^d   Ali, Abdul Mehdi ^d   Spilde, Mike ^d   Appenzeller, Otto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PEPTONE; SULFUR; TRACE METAL;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTA; CADAVER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURAN; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HAIR; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TIME; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BACTERIA; CUPRIAVIDUS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 77949515777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009335     Document Type: Article

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