Human Thanatomicrobiome Succession and Time since Death

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Javan, Gulnaz T ^a   Finley, Sheree J ^a   Can, Ismail ^a   Wilkinson, Jeremy E ^b   Hanson, J Delton ^b   Tarone, Aaron M ^c  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Testing Laboratory   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROFLORA; POSTMORTEM CHANGE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84978791309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29598     Document Type: Article

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