Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth
Microbiological analysis of several cold-preserved tissue samples from the Siberian baby mammoth known as Lyuba revealed a number of culturable bacterial strains that were grown on anaerobic media at 4 C. Lactic acid produced by LAB (lactic acid bacteria) group, usually by members of the genera Carn...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20110015700 2023-05-15T17:57:39+02:00 Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth Pikuta, Elena V. Hoover, Richard B. Fisher, Daniel Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available August 21, 2011 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110015700 unknown Document ID: 20110015700 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110015700 Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright CASI Life Sciences (General) M11-0370 SPIE Optical Engineering and Applications - OP409, "Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIV"; 21-25 Aug. 2011; San Diego,CA; United States 2011 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T00:59:13Z Microbiological analysis of several cold-preserved tissue samples from the Siberian baby mammoth known as Lyuba revealed a number of culturable bacterial strains that were grown on anaerobic media at 4 C. Lactic acid produced by LAB (lactic acid bacteria) group, usually by members of the genera Carnobacterium and Lactosphera, appears to be a wonderful preservative that prevents other bacteria from over-dominating a system. Permafrost and lactic acid preserved the body of this one-month old baby mammoth and kept it in exceptionally good condition, resulting in this mammoth being the most complete such specimen ever recovered. The diversity of novel anaerobic isolates was expressed on morphological, physiological and phylogenetic levels. Here we discuss the specifics of the isolation of new strains, differentiation from trivial contamination, and preliminary results for the characterization of cultures. Other/Unknown Material permafrost NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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Microbiological analysis of several cold-preserved tissue samples from the Siberian baby mammoth known as Lyuba revealed a number of culturable bacterial strains that were grown on anaerobic media at 4 C. Lactic acid produced by LAB (lactic acid bacteria) group, usually by members of the genera Carnobacterium and Lactosphera, appears to be a wonderful preservative that prevents other bacteria from over-dominating a system. Permafrost and lactic acid preserved the body of this one-month old baby mammoth and kept it in exceptionally good condition, resulting in this mammoth being the most complete such specimen ever recovered. The diversity of novel anaerobic isolates was expressed on morphological, physiological and phylogenetic levels. Here we discuss the specifics of the isolation of new strains, differentiation from trivial contamination, and preliminary results for the characterization of cultures. |
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Pikuta, Elena V. Hoover, Richard B. Fisher, Daniel |
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Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth |
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Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth |
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Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth |
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Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth |
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Anaerobic Cultures from Preserved Tissues of Baby Mammoth |
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