The built environment comprises all structures built by humans, including our homes,
workplaces, schools and vehicles. As in any ecosystem on Earth, microorganisms have …

Host-associated microbiomes play an increasingly appreciated role in animal metabolism,
immunity and health. The microbes in turn depend on their host for resources and can be …

Despite advances in sequencing, lack of standardization makes comparisons across studies
challenging and hampers insights into the structure and function of microbial communities …

The microorganisms that inhabit hospitals may influence patient recovery and outcome,
although the complexity and diversity of these bacterial communities can confound our …

Body fluid and body tissue identification are important in forensic science as they can
provide key evidence in a criminal investigation and may assist the court in reaching …

The microbiome-gut-brain-axis is a complex phenomenon spanning several dynamic
systems in the body which can be parsed at a molecular, cellular, physiological and …

Recent advances in genetic data generation, through massive parallel sequencing (MPS),
storage and analysis have fostered significant progresses in microbial forensics (or forensic …

High-throughput DNA sequencing technologies have facilitated the in silico forensic
analysis of human microbiome. Specific microbial species or communities obtained from the …

Microbes have potential to be used as physical evidence for forensic science because they
are ubiquitous and have predictable ecologies. With the advent of next generation …

Microbes are present at every crime scene and have been used as physical evidence for
over a century. Advances in DNA sequencing and computational approaches have led to …