The devil is in the details: Variable impacts of season, BMI, sampling site temperature, and presence of insects on the post-mortem microbiome [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 BackgroundPost-mortem microbial communities are increasingly investigated as proxy evidence for a variety of factors of interest in forensic science. The reported predictive power of the microbial community to determine aspects of the individual’s post ...
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Natural detoxification of antibiotics in the environment: A one health perspective [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The extended concept of one health integrates biological, geological, and chemical (bio-geo-chemical) components. Anthropogenic antibiotics are constantly and increasingly released into the soil and water environments. The fate of these drugs in the thin
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Deconstructing the microbial necromass continuum to inform soil carbon sequestration [PDF]
Functional Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 6, Page 1396-1410, June 2022., 2022 1. Microbial necromass is a large, dynamic and persistent component of soil organic carbon, the dominant terrestrial carbon pool. Quantification of necromass carbon stocks and its susceptibility to global change is becoming standard practice in soil ...
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Bridging the gap between decomposition theory and forensic research on postmortem interval. [PDF]
Int J Legal MedKnowledge of the decomposition of vertebrate animals has advanced considerably in recent years and revealed complex interactions among biological and environmental factors that affect rates of decay.
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The Contribution of Molecular Biology to Forensic Entomology. [PDF]
InsectsThis review presents an in-depth analysis of the synergistic role of molecular biology in advancing forensic entomology. The study discusses how insects associated with decomposing bodies provide critical data for estimating the post-mortem interval (PMI)
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Substrate quality drives fungal necromass decay and decomposer community structure under contrasting vegetation types [PDF]
Trends in Microbiology, 2020 1.Fungal mycelium is increasingly recognized as a central component of soil biogeochemical cycling, yet our current understanding of the ecological controls on fungal necromass decomposition is limited to single sites and vegetation types.
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PyDamage: automated ancient damage identification and estimation for contigs in ancient DNA de novo assembly. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 DNA de novo assembly can be used to reconstruct longer stretches of DNA (contigs), including genes and even genomes, from short DNA sequencing reads. Applying this technique to metagenomic data derived from archaeological remains, such as paleofeces and ...
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Editorial: Life and death: new perspectives and applications in forensic science, volume II [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Gulnaz T. Javan +3 more
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Bacterial Community Succession, Transmigration, and Differential Gene Transcription in a Controlled Vertebrate Decomposition Model [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Decomposing remains are a nutrient-rich ecosystem undergoing constant change due to cell breakdown and abiotic fluxes, such as pH level and oxygen availability.
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Functional EcologyAbstract In temperate European forests, soil fungal communities, dominated by saprotrophic and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) species, represent almost 25% of soil organic carbon (C) in the soil.
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