Succession of oral microbiota community as a tool to estimate postmortem interval

Abstract The establishment of postmortem interval is one of the most important aspects of forensic expertise. Microbes may provide a novel way to estimate the postmortem intervals in order to avoid many of these limitations. The oral cavity harbors one of the most diverse microbiomes that play a key...

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Main Authors: Kaikai Dong, Ye Xin, Fangqi Cao, Zhiwei Huang, Jing Sun, Min Peng, Wenbin Liu, Ping Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49338-z