Analysis of microbial communities: an emerging tool in forensic sciences

A Gouello, C Dunyach-Remy, C Siatka, JP Lavigne - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The objective of forensic sciences is to find clues in a crime scene in order to reconstruct the
scenario. Classical samples include DNA or fingerprints, but both have inherent limitations …

Microbiome in death and beyond: current vistas and future trends

D Roy, S Tomo, P Purohit, P Setia - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Forensic medicine has, for a long time, been relying on biochemical, anthropologic, and
histopathologic evidences in solving various investigations. However, depending on the …

Postmortem interval assessment by MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometry analysis in murine cadavers

F Dell'Annunziata, F Martora, MED Pepa… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study assessed the use of matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight
(MALDI‐TOF) mass spectrometry as an alternative method to identify species associated …

Fungal succession during mammalian cadaver decomposition and potential forensic implications

X Fu, J Guo, D Finkelbergs, J He, L Zha, Y Guo, J Cai - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The necrobiome is the postmortem community that includes bacteria, fungi, arthropods, and
other cadaver-associated organisms. It has been suggested as biological evidence for …

Omics era in forensic medicine: Towards a new age

R Akçan, B Taştekin, MŞ Yildirim… - Turkish journal of …, 2020 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Background/aim: Forensic medicine and sciences is a multidisciplinary branch of science,
which frequently benefit from novel technologies. State of the art omics technologies have …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial DNA in human nucleic acid extracts: Recoverability of the microbiome in DNA extracts stored frozen long-term and its potential and ethical …

G Sguazzi, HL Mickleburgh, S Ghignone… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human DNA samples can remain unaltered for years and preserve important genetic
information for forensic investigations. In fact, besides human genetic information, these …

Environmental microbiology: perspectives for legal and occupational medicine

S Giampaoli, F Alessandrini, GV Frajese, G Guglielmi… - Legal Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
The analysis of microorganism population is crucial in several medical fields. This is
especially true in legal and occupational medicine, where the specialist can be asked to …

[PDF][PDF] Thanatomicrobiome–state of the art and future directions

J Wójcik, M Tomsia, A Drzewiecki… - Postępy Mikrobiologii …, 2021 - sciendo.com
Microbiological studies show that there is a possibility of PMI estimation in reference to
presence of typical bacteria and fungi on cadaver or in soil beneath. Microbiome after death …

Microbial genomics: a potential toolkit for forensic investigations

P Tripathi, R Render, S Nidhi, V Tripathi - Forensic Science, Medicine and …, 2024 - Springer
Microbial forensics is a new discipline of science that analyzes evidence related to
biological crime through the uniqueness and abundance of microorganisms and their toxins …

From flesh to bones: Multi‐omics approaches in forensic science

N Procopio, A Bonicelli - Proteomics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advancements in omics techniques have revolutionised the study of biological
systems, enabling the generation of high‐throughput biomolecular data. These innovations …