Functional and Structural Succession of Soil Microbial Communities below Decomposing Human Cadavers.

The ecological succession of microbes during cadaver decomposition has garnered interest in both basic and applied research contexts (e.g. community assembly and dynamics; forensic indicator of time since death). Yet current understanding of microbial ecology during decomposition is almost entirely...

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Main Authors: Kelly L Cobaugh, Sean M Schaeffer, Jennifer M DeBruyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130201