title: Novel bacterial community associated with 500-year-old unpreserved archaeological wood from King Henry VIII's Tudor Warship the Mary Rose.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Portsmouth, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, Hants, United Kingdom. joanne.preston@port.ac.uk
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: Joy E M
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058448:Biota; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005580:Fossils; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism; D014934:Wood / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D013455:Sulfur; D007501:Iron