Biofilm growth in human skeletal material from ancient Mesopotamia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-29

  Pitre, Mindy C ^a   Mayne Correia, Pamela ^a   Mankowski, Peter J ^a   Klassen, Jonathan ^a,b   Day, Melissa J ^a   Lovell, Nancy C ^a   Currah, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodeterioration; Biofilm; Bone; Culture technique; Dehydration technique; DNA sequencing; Scanning electron microscopy; SEM; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOFILM; BONE; DEHYDRATION; DNA; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

MESOPOTAMIA;

AMYCOLATOPSIS SP.; ASPERGILLUS SP.; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 84867914912     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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