Microbial forensics: new breakthroughs and future prospects

Post Mortem Redistribution of Drugs: Current State of Knowledge

(2018) Caroline Sastre et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

The comparative evidence basis for the efficacy of second-generation antidepressants in the treatment of depression in the US: A Bayesian meta-analysis of Food and Drug Administration reviews

(2018) Rei Monden et al.   JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil

(2018) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial soil community analyses for forensic science: Application to a blind test

(2017) Sandrine Demanèche et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Toward a universal equation to estimate postmortem interval

(2017) Amy E. Maile et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Integrating the microbiome as a resource in the forensics toolkit

(2017) Thomas H. Clarke et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Body fluid prediction from microbial patterns for forensic application

(2017) Eirik Nataas Hanssen et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Microbiota Composition and Pulmonary Surfactant Protein Expression as Markers of Death by Drowning

(2017) So-Yeon Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Strains, functions and dynamics in the expanded Human Microbiome Project

(2017) Jason Lloyd-Price et al.   NATURE

A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

(2017) Luke R. Thompson et al.   NATURE

Affective disorders and completed suicide by self-poisoning, trend of using antidepressants as a method of self-poisoning

(2017) Sanna Löfman et al.   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

Microbiome Tools for Forensic Science

(2017) Jessica L. Metcalf et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Forensic genetics and genomics: Much more than just a human affair

(2017) Miguel Arenas et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cadaver Thanatomicrobiome Signatures: The Ubiquitous Nature of Clostridium Species in Human Decomposition

(2017) Gulnaz T. Javan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Postmortem succession of gut microbial communities in deceased human subjects

(2017) Jennifer M. DeBruyn et al.   PeerJ

Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans

(2016) Ron Sender et al.   CELL

Microbiology of death

(2016) Jessica L. Metcalf et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microbial forensics: next‐generation sequencing as catalyst

(2016) Irene Kuiper   EMBO REPORTS

Methods for determining time of death

(2016) Burkhard Madea   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

PCR-based identification of drowning: four case reports

(2016) Evelin Rácz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Expansion of Microbial Forensics

(2016) Sarah E. Schmedes et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Informativeness of NGS Analysis for Vaginal Fluid Identification

(2016) Saverio Giampaoli et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Microbial Signatures of Cadaver Gravesoil During Decomposition

(2016) Sheree J. Finley et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

(2016) N. R. Faria et al.   SCIENCE

Human Thanatomicrobiome Succession and Time Since Death

(2016) Gulnaz T. Javan et al.   Scientific Reports

Sympathomimetic effects of chronic methamphetamine abuse on oral health: a cross-sectional study

(2016) Niklas Rommel et al.   BMC Oral Health

The effects of antibiotics on the microbiome throughout development and alternative approaches for therapeutic modulation

(2016) Amy Langdon et al.   Genome Medicine

Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body

(2016) Ron Sender et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Thanatomicrobiome: A Missing Piece of the Microbial Puzzle of Death

(2016) Gulnaz T. Javan et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Potential applications of soil microbial ecology and next-generation sequencing in criminal investigations

(2015) Sheree J. Finley et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Predicting the origin of soil evidence: High throughput eukaryote sequencing and MIR spectroscopy applied to a crime scene scenario

(2015) Jennifer M. Young et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Molecular approaches for forensic cell type identification: On mRNA, miRNA, DNA methylation and microbial markers

(2015) Titia Sijen   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Next generation sequencing and its applications in forensic genetics

(2015) Claus Børsting et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

The initial state of the human gut microbiome determines its reshaping by antibiotics

(2015) Frédéric Raymond et al.   ISME Journal

Estimating Time Since Death from Postmortem Human Gut Microbial Communities

(2015) Kathleen A. Hauther et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Testing for Infectious Diseases in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: A Survey of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices in the United States

(2015) Erin G. Brooks et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

The future of forensic DNA analysis

(2015) John M. Butler   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Identifying personal microbiomes using metagenomic codes

(2015) Eric A. Franzosa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbial community assembly and metabolic function during mammalian corpse decomposition

(2015) J. L. Metcalf et al.   SCIENCE

Hospital-associated microbiota and implications for nosocomial infections

(2015) Simon Lax et al.   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Forensic analysis of the microbiome of phones and shoes

(2015) Simon Lax et al.   Microbiome

Fungi Identify the Geographic Origin of Dust Samples

(2015) Neal S. Grantham et al.   PLoS One

State-Mandated Reporting of Health Care–Associated Infections in the United States

(2014) Carolyn T. A. Herzig et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Biological warfare, bioterrorism, and biocrime

(2014) H.J. Jansen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Forensic soil DNA analysis using high-throughput sequencing: A comparison of four molecular markers

(2014) Jennifer M. Young et al.   Forensic Science International-Genetics

Polio in Syria

(2014) R Bruce Aylward et al.   LANCET

Dynamics and associations of microbial community types across the human body

(2014) Tao Ding et al.   NATURE

Change in Access to Prescribed Medication following an Episode of Deliberate Self-Poisoning: A Multilevel Approach

(2014) Bergljot Gjelsvik et al.   PLoS One

Limitations and recommendations for successful DNA extraction from forensic soil samples: A review

(2014) Jennifer M. Young et al.   SCIENCE & JUSTICE

Ten years of next-generation sequencing technology

(2014) Erwin L. van Dijk et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mobile phones carry the personal microbiome of their owners

(2014) James F. Meadow et al.   PeerJ

Application of Next-generation Sequencing Technology in Forensic Science

(2014) Yaran Yang et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

Molecular evolution in court: analysis of a large hepatitis C virus outbreak from an evolving source

(2013) Fernando González-Candelas et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Modeling microbial ethanol production by E. coli under aerobic/anaerobic conditions: Applicability to real postmortem cases and to postmortem blood derived microbial cultures

(2013) Vassiliki A. Boumba et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Body fluid identification by integrated analysis of DNA methylation and body fluid-specific microbial DNA

(2013) Ajin Choi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE

Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

(2013)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

A microbial clock provides an accurate estimate of the postmortem interval in a mouse model system

(2013) Jessica L Metcalf et al.   eLife

Knowledge of infection control practices among intensive care nurses in a tertiary care hospital

(2013) Kanwalpreet Sodhi et al.   Journal of Infection and Public Health

Evaluation of postmortem redistribution phenomena for commonly encountered drugs

(2012) Eunyoung Han et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Clinicopathological features of sudden unexpected infectious death: Population-based study in children and young adults

(2012) Benito Morentin et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Selective culturing and genus-specific PCR detection for identification of Aeromonas in tissue samples to assist the medico-legal diagnosis of death by drowning

(2012) Geert Huys et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

The effect of the postmortem interval on the redistribution of drugs: a comparison of mortuary admission and autopsy blood specimens

(2012) Dimitri Gerostamoulos et al.   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

The uses and abuses of rapid bioluminescence-based ATP assays

(2012) G. Shama et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Bacterial Degradation of Risperidone and Paliperidone in Decomposing Blood

(2012) Danielle M. Butzbach et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

The human microbiome: at the interface of health and disease

(2012) Ilseung Cho et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Comprehensive Postmortem Analyses of Intestinal Microbiota Changes and Bacterial Translocation in Human Flora Associated Mice

(2012) Markus M. Heimesaat et al.   PLoS One

Genomic epidemiology of the Escherichia coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Europe, 2011

(2012) Y. H. Grad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

"Who owns your poop?": insights regarding the intersection of human microbiome research and the ELSI aspects of biobanking and related studies

(2011) Alice K Hawkins et al.   BMC Medical Genomics

Microbial ethanol production: Experimental study and multivariate evaluation

(2011) Vassiliki A. Boumba et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Issues in the interpretation of postmortem toxicology

(2011) Roger W. Byard et al.   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Skin Microbiome: Looking Back to Move Forward

(2011) Heidi H. Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome

(2011) Manimozhiyan Arumugam et al.   NATURE

Whole-Genome Sequencing and Social-Network Analysis of a Tuberculosis Outbreak

(2011) Jennifer L. Gardy et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation

(2011) D. A. Rasko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Population Genetics of Vibrio cholerae from Nepal in 2010: Evidence on the Origin of the Haitian Outbreak

(2011) R. S. Hendriksen et al.   mBio

Direct and rapid PCR amplification using digested tissues for the diagnosis of drowning

(2010) Jian Tie et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Marine bacterial succession as a potential indicator of postmortem submersion interval

(2010) Gemma C. Dickson et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Forensic mycology: the use of fungi in criminal investigations

(2010) David L. Hawksworth et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Postmortem toxicology

(2010) Gisela Skopp   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

High-throughput whole-genome sequencing to dissect the epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital outbreak

(2010) T. Lewis et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Freshwater bacterioplankton cultured from liver, kidney and lungs of a decomposed cadaver retrieved from a sandy seashore: Possibility of drowning in a river and then floating out to sea

(2010) Eiji Kakizaki et al.   Legal Medicine

Harnessing the power of the human microbiome

(2010) M. J. Blaser   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forensic identification using skin bacterial communities

(2010) N. Fierer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomic tracing of epidemics and disease outbreaks

(2010) Anita C. Schürch et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Development and standardization of a microalgae test for determining deaths by drowning

(2009) P.A. Díaz-Palma et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Analysis of body fluids for forensic purposes: From laboratory testing to non-destructive rapid confirmatory identification at a crime scene

(2009) Kelly Virkler et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

The influence of putrefaction and sample storage on post-mortem toxicology results

(2009) Danielle M. Butzbach   Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Monitoring the Effectiveness of Hospital Cleaning Practices by Use of an Adenosine Triphosphate Bioluminescence Assay

(2009) John M. Boyce et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Detection of bacterioplankton in immersed cadavers using selective agar plates

(2009) Eiji Kakizaki et al.   Legal Medicine

Origins and evolutionary genomics of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic

(2009) Gavin J. D. Smith et al.   NATURE

Topographical and Temporal Diversity of the Human Skin Microbiome

(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Community Variation in Human Body Habitats Across Space and Time

(2009) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Public health law for the collection and reporting of health care–associated infections

(2008) Benjamin Mason Meier et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Medical biofilms

(2008) James D. Bryers   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

A promising microbiological test for the diagnosis of drowning

(2008) Arturo Lucci et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Ethical, legal, and social considerations in conducting the Human Microbiome Project

(2008) A. L. McGuire et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria

(2008) N. Fierer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel PCR–DGGE-based method for identifying plankton 16S rDNA for the diagnosis of drowning

(2007) Fanggang He et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Biochemical pathways generating post-mortem volatile compounds co-detected during forensic ethanol analyses

(2007) Vassiliki A. Boumba et al.   FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL