Microbial bioerosion of bone - A review

Current Developments in Bioerosion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 397-413

  Jans, Miranda M E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeological bone; Bacteria; Bioerosion; BSE SEM; Cyanobacteria; Fungi; Histology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HISTOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ALTERATIONS; BIOEROSION; BONE MATRIX; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; NUTRIENT VALUES; POST MORTEM; POST MORTEM INTERVALS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84897723205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (54)

1. Baud CA, Lacotte D (1984) Étude au microscope électronique à transmission de la colonisation bacteriènne de l'os mort. C R Acad Sci Paris 298:507-510
2. Bell LS (1990) Paleopathology and diagenesis; a SEM evaluation of structural changes using backscattered electron imaging. J Archaeol Sci 17:86-102
3. Bell LS, Skinner SMF, Jones J (1996) The speed of post mortem change to the human skeleton and its taphonomic significance. Forensic Sci Int 82:129-140
4. Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (1923) Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 442 pp
5. Carlisle MJ, Watkinson SC, Gooday GW (2001) The fungi. Acad Press, New York, 588 pp
6. Child AM (1995) Towards an understanding of the microbial decomposition of archaeological bone in the burial environment. Journal of Archaeological Science 22:165-174
7. Collins MJ, Riley MS, Child AM, Turner-Walker G (1995) A basic mathematical model for the chemical degradation of ancient collagen. J Archaeol Sci 22:175-83
8. Colson I, Bailey JF, Vercauteren M, Sykes B, Hedges REM (1997) The preservation of ancient DNA and bone diagenesis. Ancient Biomolecul 1:109-117
9. Cooper A, Poinar HN (2000) Ancient DNA: Do it right or not at all. Science 289:1139
10. Cox M, Bell LS (1999) Recovery of human skeletal elements from a recent UK murder inquiry: preservational signatures. J Forensic Sci 44:945-950
11. Davis PG (1997) Bioerosion of bird bones. Int J Osteoarchaeol 7:388-401
12. Francillon-Vieillot HV, de Buffrenil V, Castanet J, Geraudie J, Meunier FJ, Sire JY, Zylberberg L, de Ricqlès A (1990) Microstructure and mineralization of vertebrate skeletal tissues. In: Carter JG (ed) Skeletal biomineralization: patterns, processes and evolutionary trends. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, pp 471-530
13. Fresenius JBGW (1850) Beiträge zur Mykologie. Brönner, Frankfurt A.M., 111 pp
14. Garland AN (1988) A histological study of archaeological bone decomposition. In: Boddington A, Garland AN, Janaway RC (eds) Death, decay and reconstruction. Manchester Univ Press, Manchester, pp 109-126
15. Gilbert MTP, Rudbeck L, Willerslev E, Hansen AJ, Smith C, Penkman K, Prangenberg K, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Jans MME, Arthur P, Lynnerup N, Turner-Walker G, Biddle M, Kjølbye-Biddle B, Collins MJ (2005) Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological bones and teeth. J Archaeol Sci 32:785-793
16. Gill CO, Penney N, Nottingham PM (1978) Tissue sterility in uneviscerated carcasses. Appl Environ Microbiol 36:356-359
17. Grupe G, Garland AN (1993) Histology of ancient bone: methods and diagnosis. Springer, Berlin, 223 pp
18. Gutierrez MA (2001) Bone diagenesis and taphonomic history of the Paso Otero 1 bone bed, Pampas of Argentina. J Archaeol Science 28:1277-1290
19. Hackett CJ (1981) Microscopical focal destruction (tunnels) in exhumed human bones. Med Sci Law 21:243-265
20. Hagelberg E, Bell LS, Allen T, Boyde A, Jones SJ, Clegg JB (1991) Analysis of ancient bone DNA - techniques and applications. Phil Trans Roy Soc London, Ser B, 333:1268-1399
21. Hanson DB, Buikstra JE (1987) Histomorphological alteration in buried human bone from the Lower Illinois Valley: Implications for palaeodietary research. J Archaeol Sci 14: 549-63
22. Hawker LE, Linton AH (1979) Microorganisms. Function, form and environment. Arnold, London, 400 pp
23. Hedges REM, Millard AR, Pike AWG (1995) Measurements and relationships of diagenetic alteration of bone from three archaeological sites. J Archaeol Sci 22:201-209
24. Hess MW, Klima G, Pfaller K, Künzel KH, Gaber O (1998) Histological investigations on the Tyrolean Ice Man. Amer J Phys Anthropol 106:521-532
25. Jackes M, Sherburne R, Lubell D, Barker C, Wayman M (2001) Destruction of microstructure in archaeological bone: a case study from Portugal. Int J Osteoarchaeol 11:415-432
26. Janaway RC (1987) The preservation of organic materials in association with metal artefacts deposited in inhumation graves. In: Boddington A, Garland AN, Janaway RC (eds) Death, decay and reconstruction. Approaches to archaeology and forensic science. Manchester Univ Press, Manchester, pp 127-148
27. Janaway RC (1996) The decay of buried human remains and their associated materials. In: Hunter J, Roberts C, Martin A (eds) Studies in crime: an introduction to forensic archaeology. Batsford, London, pp 58-85
28. Jans MME (2005) Histological characterisation of the degradation of archaeological bone. PhD Thesis, Inst Geo-Bioarchaeol, Vrije Univ, Amsterdam, 163 pp
29. Jans MME, Kars H, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Smith CI, Nord AG, Arthur P, Earl N (2002) In situ preservation of archaeological bone. A histological study within a multidisciplinary approach. Archaeometry 44:343-352
30. Jans MME, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Smith CI, Collins MJ, Kars H (2004) The characterisation of microbial attack in archaeological bone. J Archaeol Sci 31:87-95
31. Joscheka S, Nies B, Krotz R, Gopferich A (2000) Chemical and physicochemical characterisation of porous hydroxyapatite ceramics made of natural bone. Biomaterials 21:1645
32. Kainer MA, Linden JV, Whaley DN, Holmes HT, Jarvis WR, Jernigan DB, Archibald LK (2004) Clostridium infections associated with musculoskeletal allografts. New England J Med 350:2564-2571
33. Kars EAK, Kars H (2002) The degradation of bone as an indicator for the deterioration of the European archaeological property. Final Rep, Rijksdienst Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, Amersfoort, 279 pp
34. Kellerman GD, Waterman BG, Scharfenberger LF (1976) Demonstration in vitro of postmortem bacterial transmigration. Amer J Clinical Pathol 66:911-915
35. Mant AK (1987) Knowledge from post-war exhumations. In: Boddington A, Garland AN, Janaway RC (eds) Death, decay and reconstruction. Approaches to archaeology and forensic science. Manchester Univ Press, Manchester, pp 65-80
36. Marchiafava V, Bonucci L, Ascenzi A (1974) Fungal osteoclasia: a model of dead bone resorption. Calcified Tissue Res 14:195-210
37. Melvin JR, Cronholm LS, Simson LR, Isaacs AM (1984) Bacterial transmigration as an indicator of time of death. J Forensic Sci 29:412-417
38. Millard AM (2001) The deterioration of bone. In: Pollard AM, Brothwell DR (eds) Handbook of archaeological science. Wiley, New York, pp 633-643
39. Nielsen-Marsh CM, Smith CI, Jans MME, Nord A, Kars H, Collins MJ (2007) Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene II: taphonomic and environmental considerations. J Archaeol Sci 34:1523-1531
40. Parker Pearson M, Chamberlain A, Craig O, Marshall P, Mulville J, Smith H, Chenery C, Collins MJ, Cook G, Craig G, Evans J, Hiller J, Montgomery J, Schwenninger J-L, Taylor G, Wess T (2005) Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain. Antiquity 79:529-546
41. Prazmowski A (1880) Untersuchungen über die Entwicklungsgeschichte und Fermentwirkung einiger Bakterien-Arten. Voigt, Leipzig, 58 pp
42. Rodriguez WC, Bass WM (1985) Decomposition of buried bodies and methods that may aid in their location. J Forensic Sci 30:836-852
43. Smith CI, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Jans MME, Collins MJ (2007) Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene I: patterns and mechanisms. J Archaeol Sci 34:1485-1493
44. Solomon CD, Hasse N (1967) Histological and histochemical observations of decalcified sections of ancient bones from excavations in Israel. Israel J Med Sci 3:747-754
45. Stout SD (1978) Histological structure and its preservation in ancient bone. Curr Anthropol 19:601-604
46. Trueman CNG, Martill DM (2002) The long-term survival of bone: the role of bioerosion. Archaeometry 44:371-382
47. Trueman CNG, Behrensmeyer AK, Tuross N, Weiner S (2004) Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids. J Archaeol Sci 31:721-739
48. Turner-Walker G, Syversen U (2002) Quantifying histological changes in archaeological bones using BSE-SEM image analysis. Archaeometry 44:461-468
49. Turner-Walker G, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Syversen U, Kars H, Collins MJ (2002) Sub-micron spongiform porosity is the major ultrastructural alteration occurring in archaeological bone. Int J Osteoarchaeol 12:407-414
50. Van Heeringen RM, Mauro G, Smit A (2004) A pilot study on the monitoring of the physical quality of three archaeological sites on the Unesco Monument of Schokland, province of Flevoland, the Netherlands. Nederl Archeol Rapp 26, Rijksdienst Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, Amersfoort, 133 pp
51. Wedl C (1864) Ueber einen im Zahnbein und Knochen keimenden Pilz. Akad Wiss Wien, math-natw Kl (I) 50:171-193
52. Weinberg M, Séguin P (1916) Contribution à l'étiologie de la gangrène gazeuse. C R Acad Sci Paris 163:449-451
53. Yamada TK, Kudou T, Takahashi-Iwanaga H (1990) Some 320-year-old soft tissue preserved by the presence of mercury. J Archaeol Sci 17:383-392
54. Yoshino M, Kimijima T, Miyasaka S, Sato H, Seta S (1991) Microscopical study on estimation of time since death in skeletal remains. Forensic Sci Int 49:143-158