Meaning of thanatomicrobiome | Babel Free

Definitions

The microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.

uncountable

Examples

“What happens to these cells after human host⟳ death, defined here as the thanatomicrobiome (i.e., thanatos-, Greek defn., death), is not clear.”

“Future studies should collect⟳ data based on these variables to investigate⟳ the thanatomicrobiome of the decomposing tissue in addition to soil microbiome interactions.”

“There is currently a paucity of explorations of the thanatomicrobiome (thanatos-, Greek for death) and epinecrotic communities (microbial communities residing in and/or moving on the surface of decomposing remains).”

“Thanatomicrobiome studies suggest⟳ that microbial succession after death may have⟳ the potential to reveal⟳ important postmortem biomarkers for the identification of time of death.”

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