Can Microbes Solve Murder Mysteries?
Meet your necrobiome: The microbes that feast on your body after death.
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Study on estimating time of death with microbes: http://elifesciences.org/content/2/e0...
The Ecology of Carrion Decomposition:
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BBC Future on using bacteria to solve crimes:
http://bbc.in/1jLKMxf
NOTE: The term "necrobiome" was first used to describe any organism associated with the decomposition of a carcass: http://bit.ly/1ZJrnfp
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