Bone biodeterioration-The effect of marine and terrestrial depositional environments on early diagenesis and bone bacterial community.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria play an important role in the degradation of bone material. However, much remains to be learnt about the structure of their communities in degrading bone, and how the depositional environment influences their diversity throughout the exposure period. We genetically profiled the bacterial community in an experimental series of pig bone fragments (femur and humeri) deposited at different well-defined environments in Denmark. The bacterial community in the bone fragments and surrounding depositional environment were studied over one year, and correlated with the bioerosion damage patterns observed microscopically in the bones. We observed that the bacterial communities within the bones were heavily influenced by the local microbial community, and that the general bone microbial diver

SUBMITTER: Eriksen AMH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7561151 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature