Microbial Signatures of Cadaver Gravesoil During Decomposition

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 524-529

  Finley, Sheree J ^a   Pechal, Jennifer L ^b   Benbow, M Eric ^b,c   Robertson, B K ^a   Javan, Gulnaz T ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver soil; Decomposition; High throughput genomic sequencing; Microbial diversity; Necrobiome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SOIL;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BODY REMAINS; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BODY REMAINS; CADAVER; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84961169729     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0725-1     Document Type: Article

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