Dysbiosis in the Dead: Human Postmortem Microbiome Beta-Dispersion as an Indicator of Manner and Cause of Death

The postmortem microbiome plays an important functional role in host decomposition after death. Postmortem microbiome community successional patterns are specific to body site, with a significant shift in composition 48 h after death. While the postmortem microbiome has important forensic applicatio...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Sierra F. Kaszubinski, Jennifer L. Pechal, Katelyn Smiles, Carl J. Schmidt, Heather R. Jordan, Mariah H. Meek, M. Eric Benbow
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Subjects:	postmortem microbiome forensic microbiology manner of death cause of death microbial communities beta-dispersion
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.555347/full