At the Interface of Life and Death: Post-mortem and Other Applications of Vaginal, Skin, and Salivary Microbiome Analysis in Forensics

At the Interface of Life and Death: Post-mortem and Other Applications of Vaginal, Skin, and Salivary Microbiome Analysis in Forensics

Microbial forensics represents a promising tool to strengthen traditional forensic investigative methods and fill related knowledge gaps. Large-scale microbiome studies indicate that microbial fingerprinting can assist forensics in areas such as trace evidence, source tracking, geolocation, and circ...

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Main Authors: Sarah Ahannach, Irina Spacova, Ronny Decorte, Els Jehaes, Sarah Lebeer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
post-mortem microbiome
trace evidence
microbial forensics
sexual assault
femicide
next-generation sequencing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.694447/full

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