Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition

Science

Volumn 351, Issue 6269, 2016, Pages 158-162

  Metcalf, Jessica L ^a,b   Xu, Zhenjiang Zech ^b   Weiss, Sophie ^c   Lax, Simon ^d,e   Van Treuren, Will ^f   Hyde, Embriette R ^b   Song, Se Jin ^a,b   Amir, Amnon ^b   Larsen, Peter ^d,g   Sangwan, Naseer ^d,g   Haarmann, Daniel ^h   Humphrey, Greg C ^b   Ackermann, Gail ^b   Thompson, Luke R ^b   Lauber, Christian ⁱ   Bibat, Alexander ^a   Nicholas, Catherine ^a   Gebert, Matthew J ^a   Petrosino, Joseph F ^j   Reed, Sasha C ^k   Gilbert, Jack A ^d,e,g,l   Lynne, Aaron M ^h   Bucheli, Sibyl R ^h   Carter, David O ^m   Knight, Rob ^b,n   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Sam Houston State University   (United States)

ⁱ EPFL   (Switzerland)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; FUNGAL RNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SOIL;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RODENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOUSE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADAVER; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MICE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84955125742     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2646     Document Type: Article

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