Considering the growing importance of microbiome analyses in forensics for identifying
individuals, this study explores the transfer of the skin microbiome onto clothing, its …

Microorganisms flourish on and in the human body and skin surfaces are the largest. The
skin surface microbiota can be transferred to an object upon touch. This has forensic …

Microbial DNA, shed from human skin, can be distinctive to its host and, thus, help
individualize donors of forensic biological evidence. Previous studies have utilized single …

Human skin hosts a variety of microbes that can be transferred to surfaces (“touch
microbiome”). These microorganisms could be considered as forensic markers similarly to …

The human microbiome encompasses the fungi, bacteria and viruses that live on, within,
and immediately surrounding the body. Microbiomes have potential utility in forensic science …

Microbial profiling within forensic science is an emerging field that may have applications in
the identification of individuals using microbial signatures. It is important to determine if …

Microbiome research is a highly transdisciplinary field with a wide range of applications and
methods for studying it, involving different computational approaches and models. The fact …

Forensic microbiology is rapidly emerging as a novel tool for human identification. The
human microbiome, comprising diverse microbial communities including fungi, bacteria …

The human skin microbiome is comprised of diverse communities of bacterial, eukaryotic,
and viral taxa and contributes millions of additional genes to the repertoire of human genes …

Linking persons to crimes through DNA analysis is a well-established approach for more
than 25 years. While enormous numbers of cases all over the world have been solved …