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Bacterial Deposition of Gold on Hair: Archeological, Forensic and Toxicological Implications

BACKGROUND: Trace metal analyses in hair are used in archeological, forensic and toxicological investigations as proxies for metabolic processes. We show metallophilic bacteria mediating the deposition of gold (Au), used as tracer for microbial activity in hair post mortem after burial, affecting re...

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Autores principales: Phillips, Genevieve, Reith, Frank, Qualls, Clifford, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi, Spilde, Mike, Appenzeller, Otto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20174476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009335