The devil is in the details: Variable impacts of season, BMI, sampling site temperature, and presence of insects on the post-mortem microbiome

BackgroundPost-mortem microbial communities are increasingly investigated as proxy evidence for a variety of factors of interest in forensic science. The reported predictive power of the microbial community to determine aspects of the individual’s post-mortem history (e.g., the post-mortem interval)...

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Main Authors: Aaron M. Tarone, Allison E. Mann, Yan Zhang, Roxanne R. Zascavage, Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Edgar Morales, Travis W. Rusch, Michael S. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1064904/full