Novel bacterial community associated with 500-year-old unpreserved archaeological wood from King Henry VIII's Tudor Warship the Mary Rose

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Dec;78(24):8822-8. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02387-12. Epub 2012 Sep 28.

Abstract

A 500-year-old unpreserved Mary Rose sample, historically containing an iron bolt, was analyzed using enrichment cultures and 16S sequencing. The novel community of bacteria present demonstrates a biological pathway of Fe and S oxidation and a range of acid-generating metabolisms, with implications for preservation and biogeochemical cycling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / classification*
  • Bacteria / genetics
  • Bacteria / growth & development
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Biota*
  • Carboxylic Acids / metabolism
  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Fossils*
  • Iron / metabolism
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sulfur / metabolism
  • Wood / microbiology*

Substances

  • Carboxylic Acids
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Sulfur
  • Iron

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