The relationship between microbial community succession, decay, and anatomical character loss in non-biomineralised animals
Thomas Clements,
Robert Goodall,
Sarah Gabbott
et al.
Abstract:A fundamental assumption of hypothesis-driven decay experiments is that, during decay, the loss of anatomy follows a sequence broadly controlled by the intrinsic compositional properties of tissues. Recent work investigating the succession of postmortem endogenous microbial communities (thanatomicrobiome) challenges this assumption. These studies suggest the thanatomicrobiome exhibits a predictable, clock-like succession in response to physical and chemical environmental changes within a carcass. Therefore, it… Show more
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