Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2006, vol. 15, nr 1, January-February, p. 121–125

Publication type: review article

Language: Polish

Paleomikrobiologia – nowa dziedzina nauki

Paleomicrobiology – a New Branch of Science

Jan Kołodyński1,, Stanisław Jankowski2,

1 Instytut Genetyki i Mikrobiologii UW we Wrocławiu

2 Katedra i Zakład Biologii i Parazytologii Lekarskiej AM we Wrocławiu

Streszczenie

Molekularne techniki pozwalają na identyfikację kwasu nukleinowego drobnoustrojów chorobotwórczych, występującego w archeologicznych szczątkach ludzi i zwierząt. Przedstawione w pracy przykłady dowodzą, że współ− czesna nauka uzyskała możliwość wykrycia czynników etiologicznych niektórych chorób zakaźnych w dawno wymarłych populacjach.

Abstract

Molecular techniques allow identification of a nucleic acid of infectious microorganisms present in fossil remains of men and animals. The cases presented prove that the contemporary science has acquired a possibility of extinguished populations.

Słowa kluczowe

dawne DNA, gruźlica, mumia, paleomikrobiologia

Key words

ancient DNA, tuberculosis, mummy, paleomicrobiology

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