Potential Use of Bacterial Community Succession in Decaying Human Bone for Estimating Postmortem Interval

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 844-850

  Damann, Franklin E ^a   Williams, Daniel E ^b   Layton, Alice C ^b  

^a National Museum of Health and Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forensic science; Forensic taphonomy; Human skeleton; Microbiome; Postmortem interval; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AGED; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; RIB; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RIBS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84938061915     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12744     Document Type: Article

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