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Science 9 February 1962:
Vol. 135. no. 3502, pp. 439 - 441
DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3502.439
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Mineralization of Bacteria

A. A. Rizzo 1, G. R. Martin 1, D. B. Scott 1, and S. E. Mergenhagen 1

1 National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

A variety of viable and non-viable bacteria became mineralized with hydroxyapatite when implanted in dialysis bags in the peritoneal cavities of rats. The microscopic pattern of mineral deposition appeared analogous to that in the formation of oral calculus. Since nonviable organisms were mineralized at an accelerated rate, bacterial metabolic processes may not be essential for mineralization.


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