Functional and structural succession of soil microbial communities below decomposing human cadavers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Cobaugh, Kelly L ^a   Schaeffer, Sean M ^a   DeBruyn, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CADAVER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84935499334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130201     Document Type: Article

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