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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2018

Definitions and Historical Perspectives in Environmental Forensics.

Gary A Toranzos, Raúl J Cano

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gary A ToranzosUniversity of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00933.
Raúl J CanoCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental forensics is a tool that uses chemical, physical, and statistical techniques to investigate contaminants in the environment as a means to determine attribution for legal purposes. Environmental microbiology is a branch of science that has benefited from the use of metagenomics. The term microbial forensics, which includes nucleic acid sequencing methods, is now used to investigate the sources of microorganisms for attribution purposes as well. Environmental microbial forensics can fully address the questions that must be answered for attribution of causation and subsequent remedial actions within a reasonably short time frame. Although

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Environmental MicrobiologyForensic GeneticsForensic SciencesHumansMetagenomicsMicrobiological TechniquesSequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID29521256
PMCPMC11633562

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