ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021
Characterization of Bacterial Community Dynamics of the Human Mouth Throughout Decomposition
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- Human Decomposition and Time Since Death: Persistent Challenges and Future Directions of Postmortem Interval Estimation in Forensic Anthropology.American journal of biological anthropology · 2024Pooled it
- Microbiology and postmortem interval: a systematic review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Pooled it
- Joint-RPCA: domain-aware multi-omics integration for systems microbiology.Molecular systems biology · 2026Article
- Multi-omics and artificial intelligence for precision drug discovery and potential clinical applications.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
- Soil microbial gene expression over one year of human decomposition.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- Estimating Postmortem Interval of Buried Pig Carcasses by Integrating Microbial Succession Patterns with Machine Learning Algorithms.Microorganisms · 2025Article
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- Advancing time-since-interval estimation for clandestine graves: a forensic ecogenomics perspective into burial and translocation timelines using massively parallel sequencing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Estimating postmortem interval based on oral microbial community succession in rat cadavers.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Forensic Microbiology: When, Where and How.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Toward Oral Thanatomicrobiology-An Overview of the Forensic Implications of Oral Microflora.Academic forensic pathology · 2023Review
- The central and biodynamic role of gut microbiota in critically ill patients.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Review
- Postmortem submersion interval estimation of cadavers recovered from freshwater based on gut microbial community succession.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The postmortem microbiome has recently moved to the forefront of forensic research, and many studies have focused on the idea that predictable fluctuations in decomposer communities could be used as a "microbial clock" to determine time of death. Commonly, the oral microbiome has been evaluated using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to assess the changes in community composition throughout decomposition. We sampled the hard palates of three human donors over time to identify the prominent members of the microbiome. This study combined 16S rRNA sequencing with whole metagenomic (MetaG) and metatranscriptomic (MetaT) sequencing and culturing methodologies in an attempt to broaden current knowledge about how these postmortem microbiota change and might function throughout decomposition. In all four methods, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla, but their distributions were insufficient in separating samples based on decomposition stage or time or by donor. Better resolution was observed at the level of genus, with fresher samples from decomposition clustering away from others
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