Changes to soil bacterial profiles as a result of Sus scrofa domesticus decomposition

Forensic Science International

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-106

  Olakanye, Ayodeji O ^a   Thompson, Tim ^a   Komang Ralebitso Senior, T ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadaver decomposition; PCR DGGE; Soil bacterial community; Sus scrofa domesticus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DOMESTIC PIG; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; BURIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PIG; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMALS; BURIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 84909590674     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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