Polyphasic analysis of a middle ages coprolite microbiota, Belgium.
PLoS ONE, 2014 Paleomicrobiological investigations of a 14(th)-century coprolite found inside a barrel in Namur, Belgium were done using microscopy, a culture-dependent approach and metagenomics. Results were confirmed by ad hoc PCR--sequencing.
Sandra Appelt +4 more
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Viruses in a 14th-Century Coprolite [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014 ABSTRACT Coprolites are fossilized fecal material that can reveal information about ancient intestinal and environmental microbiota. Viral metagenomics has allowed systematic characterization of viral diversity in environmental and human-associated specimens, but little is known about the viral diversity in fossil remains.
Appelt, Sandra +5 more
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The steroids of 2000-year-old human coprolites
Journal of Lipid Research, 1978 Six samples of human coprolites, some more than 2,000 years old, were analyzed for fecal steroid composition. Despite this very lengthy period of storage, the fecal steroids of coprolites were remarkably similar to those of stool samples collected today.
D S Lin +3 more
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Decay stages of Jurassic wood debris from Scotland: evidence for the coevolution of fungal rot, arthropods and the nurse log strategy. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary A key feature of extant conifer forests is the high percentage of seeds that germinate and establish on dead wood; in some forests, this can exceed 90%. This deadwood can act as an ideal nursery for young tree species, leading to this type of seedbed being termed ‘nurse logs’.
Sagasti AJ +3 more
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The microstratigraphy of middens: capturing daily routine in rubbish at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey [PDF]
, 2011 Microstratigraphy — the sequencing of detailed biological signals on site — is an important new approach being developed in the Çatalhöyük project. Here the authors show how microscopic recording of the strata and content of widespread middens on the ...
Almond, Matthew J. +3 more
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The oldest known communal latrines provide evidence of gregarism in Triassic megaherbivores [PDF]
, 2013 Defecation in communal latrines is a common behaviour of extant mammals widely distributed among megaherbivores. This behaviour has key social functions with important biological and ecological implications.
Argañaraz, Eloisa +7 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background We report the discovery of a nematode parasite egg (Nemata: Oxyurida) from a coprolite closely associated with the remains of several species of Cynodontia, dated to 240 million years old.
Jean-Pierre Hugot +8 more
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Ecological analysis of Acari recovered from coprolites from archaeological site of Northeast Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Coprolite samples of human and animal origin from the excavations performed at the archaeological site of Furna do Estrago, at Brejo da Madre de Deus in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil and sent to the Paleoparasitology Laboratory at Escola Nacional de ...
Rita de Maria Seabra Nogueira de Candanedo Guerra +4 more
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Silicified termite coprolites in mesquite-like wood from the Miocene of La Rioja, Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 Coprolite-filled borings in fragments of non-decayed wood showing affinity with the mesquite-like morphogenus Prosopisinoxylon Martinez are described from Miocene strata from La Rioja, northwestern Argentina.
García Massini, Juan Leandro +1 more
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Exceptional coprolite association from the Early Cretaceous continental Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Cuenca, Spain. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Coprolites are some of the most abundant fossils at the Las Hoyas site, a well-known Early Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte located in Cuenca, central Spain.
Sandra Barrios-de Pedro +3 more
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