The process of natural mummification is a rare and unique process from which little is known about the resulting microbial community structure. In the present study, we characterized the microbiome of paleofeces, and ascending, transverse and descending colon of an 11th century A.D. pre-Columbian Andean mummy by 16S rRNA gene high-throughput sequencing and metagenomics. Firmicutes were the most...

Antagonistic interactions between the nymphal parasitoid, Tamarixia radiata Waterston (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), and the ARSEF 3581 strain of the entomopathogenic fungus, Isaria fumosorosea Wize (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae), could disrupt biological control of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae). Three interactions were evaluated under laboratory conditio...

Abstract Background Porcine Parvovirus (PPV) is a Parvovirinae virus that can cause embryonic and fetal loss death mummification in affected pigs. Unlike conventional vaccines, virus-like particles (VLPs) inherit the natural structure of their authentic virions highly immunostimulatory induce strong humoral immune T cell responses with no risk pathogenicity. The production PPV VLPs still challe...

Early embryonic death, fetal resorption, mummification/maceration, abortion, and abnormalities are some of the causes losses in farm animals. In this study, it was aimed to make recommendations clinician veterinarians by investigating presence bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), schmallenberg (SBV), akabane (AKAV) herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) viruses calves with congenital anomalies. Brought Fırat Uni...

Advances in the application of non invasive techniques to mummified remains have shed new light on past diseases. The virtual inspection of a corpse, which has almost completely replaced classical autopsy, has proven to be important especially when dealing with valuable museum specimens. In spite of some very rewarding results, there are still many open questions. Non invasive techniques provid...

Mummified human tissues are of great interest in forensics and biomolecular archaeology. The aim of this study was to analyse post mortem DNA alterations in soft tissues in order to improve our knowledge of the patterns of DNA degradation that occur during salt mummification. In this study, the lower limb of a female human donor was amputated within 24 h post mortem and mummified using a proces...

Mummification was practised in ancient Egypt for more than 3000 years, emerging from initial observations of buried bodies preserved by natural desiccation. The use of organic balms (and other funerary practices) was a later introduction necessitated by more humid burial environments, especially tombs. The dark colour of many mummies led to the assumption that petroleum bitumen (or natural asph...

The ancient Egyptians mummified an abundance of cats during the Late Period (664 - 332 BC). The overlapping morphology and sizes of developing wildcats and domestic cats confounds the identity of mummified cat species. Genetic analyses should support mummy identification and was conducted on two long bones and a mandible of three cats that were mummified by the ancient Egyptians. The mummy DNA ...

BACKGROUND In ancient populations, a significant quantity of foot pathology was related either to the type of footwear they used or the underlying terrain they walked on. Our study was carried out to analyze these parameters with the foot pathologies the mummies presented. METHODS Between 2006 and 2012, more than 650 individuals were recovered from the Sharuna and Qarara necropolis (Middle Eg...