Microbiology of death

Curr Biol. 2016 Jul 11;26(13):R561-R563. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.042.

¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: jessica.metcalf@colorado.edu.
² Laboratory of Forensic Taphonomy, Forensic Sciences Unit, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA; Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037, USA; Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92037.

Abstract

Metcalf et al., take a fresh look at the universal question "What happens when we die?"