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ArticleScientific reports2024

Biomolecules in Pleistocene fossils from tropical cave indicate fossil biofilm.

Daniel Vieira de Sousa, Paulo Victor Sciammarella Maia, Estevan Eltink, Luciano de Moura Guimarães

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Daniel Vieira de SousaColegiado de Geografia, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Senhor do Bonfim, Petrolina, 48970-000, Brazil. daniel.vsousa@univasf.edu.br.
Paulo Victor Sciammarella MaiaInstituto Federal de Educação de Minas Gerais, Arcos, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Estevan EltinkColegiado de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Senhor do Bonfim, Petrolina, 48970-000, Brazil.
Luciano de Moura GuimarãesDepartamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-000, Brazil.

Funding

Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa 432075/2018-6Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 102032/2024-6Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco 0936-21-52799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Finding biomolecules in fossils is a challenging task due to their degradation over time from physical, chemical, and biological factors. The primary hypothesis for explaining the presence of biomolecules in fossilized bones tissues suggests their survival in the fossilization process. In contrast, some of these biomolecules could either derive from bacteria biofilm, thus without a direct relationship with the fossil record or could be an artifact from measurement procedures. Raman spectroscopy studies across various fossil ages and environments have detected multiple bands ranging from 1200 to 1800 cm

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BiofilmsCavesFossilsSpectrum Analysis, RamanAnimalsBrazilTooth

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PMID39256439
PMCPMC11387772

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