Characterizing the postmortem human bone microbiome from surface-decomposed remains.

Microbial colonization of bone is an important mechanism of postmortem skeletal degradation. However, the types and distributions of bone and tooth colonizing microbes are not well characterized. It is unknown if microbial communities vary in abundance or composition between bone element types, whic...

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Main Authors: Alexandra L Emmons, Amy Z Mundorff, Sarah W Keenan, Jonathan Davoren, Janna Andronowski, David O Carter, Jennifer M DeBruyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218636