Fig. 6
Histology of a distal femur (QU-6) with brown diaphysis and white epiphysis. A, photograph of QU-6 with red line indicate the direction of section; B, histological of ground section slice of QU-6 under transmitted light and its close-up of epiphysis (C), metaphysis (D) and diaphysis (E), showing the bacterial colonies in the epiphysis as in the white patella QU-1, and unaltered bone in the metaphysis and diaphysis as in the brown patella QU-2; F, EDS of (E) showing the iron deposition in the bone matrix. Slide thickness is 120 microns. bc, bacterial colony; md, mineral deposition; ub, unaltered bone.
