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Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition
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Decomposition spawns a microbial zoo: The death of a large animal represents a food bonanza for microorganisms. Metcalf et al.monitored microbial activity during the decomposition of mouse and human cadavers. Regardless of soil type, season, or species, the microbial succession during decomposition was a predictable measure of time since death. An overlying corpse leaches nutrients that allow soil- and insect-associated fungi and bacteria to grow. These microorganisms are metabolic specialists that convert proteins and lipids into foul-smelling compounds such as cadaverine, putrescine, and ammonia, whose signature may persist in the soil long after a corpse has been removed. Science, this issue p.158
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- Metcalf, J. L., Xu, Z. Z., Weiss, S., Lax, S., Van Treuren, W., Hyde, E. R., Song, S. J., Amir, A., Larsen, P., Sangwan, N., Haarmann, D., Humphrey, G. C., Ackermann, G., Thompson, L. R., Lauber, C., Bibat, A., Nicholas, C., Gebert, M. J., Petrosino, J. F., Reed, S. C., Gilbert, J. A., Lynne, A. M., Bucheli, S. R., Carter, D. O., & Knight, R.
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- Science
- Published
- 2016-01-08
- Volume
- 351
- Issue
- 6269
- Pages
- 158-162
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2190487303
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- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 41.44
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- Language
- en
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