Distinctive thanatomicrobiome signatures found in the blood and internal organs of humans

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Can, Ismail ^a   Javan, Gulnaz T ^a   Pozhitkov, Alexander E ^b   Noble, Peter A ^a,b  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; DNA extraction methods; Postmortem interval; Thanatomicrobiome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; PHENOL; RNA 16S; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

16S RRNA GENE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CADAVER; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEATH; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHANNON DIVERSITY; SPLEEN; THANATOMICROBIOME; TIME; TIME SINCE DEATH; MICROORGANISM; RNA GENE; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN; CADAVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HEART; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906055621     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.07.026     Document Type: Article

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