Histological and metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in archaeological human bones (IMAGE)

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Histological and metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in archaeological human bones

Caption

A section of a human femur under the microscope. The upper, outer half displays bioerosion, the tunnelling by bone-eating microorganisms, while the lower half is well-preserved, showing the microanatomy of the bone.

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Hege Ingjerd Hollund, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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