The intestinal barrier, composed of the luminal microbiota, the mucus layer, and the physical
barrier consisting of epithelial cells and immune cells, the latter residing underneath and …

The rise of microbiomics and metagenomics has been driven by advances in genomic
sequencing technology, improved microbial sampling methods, and fast-evolving …

Human thanatomicrobiota studies have shown that microorganisms inhabit and proliferate
externally and internally throughout the body and are the primary mediators of putrefaction …

Over the last few years, advances in massively parallel sequencing technologies (also
referred to next generation sequencing) and bioinformatics analysis tools have boosted our …

Forensic microbiology has been widely used in the diagnosis of causes and manner of
death, identification of individuals, detection of crime locations, and estimation of …

Vertebrate decomposition results in an ephemeral disturbance of the surrounding
environment. Microbial decomposers are recognized as key players in the breakdown of …

Forensic medicine has, for a long time, been relying on biochemical, anthropologic, and
histopathologic evidences in solving various investigations. However, depending on the …

Introduction Forensic microbiome studies expanded during the last decade, aiming to
identify putative bacterial biomarkers to be used for the postmortem interval (PMI) estimation …

The microbial communities may undergo a meaningful successional change during the
progress of decay and decomposition that could aid in determining the post-mortem interval …

Background Post-mortem microbial communities are increasingly investigated as proxy
evidence for a variety of factors of interest in forensic science. The reported predictive power …