Journal
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab098
Keywords
carcass; decomposition; microbial communities; decomposers; postmortem
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [42007026]
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Animal carcasses serve as nutrient hotspots in the ecosystem, with microbes playing a crucial role in their decomposition. Understanding the dynamics of microbial communities associated with carcasses can aid in estimating postmortem interval and nutrient recycling.
Animals are an essential part of the ecosystem, and their carcasses are the nutrient patches or hotspots where nutrients accumulate for a long time. After death, the physical and chemical properties undergo alterations inside the carcass. The animal carcass is decomposed by many decomposers such as bacteria, fungi, microeukaryotes and insects. The role of microbial symbionts in living organisms is well explored and studied, but there is a scarcity of knowledge and research related to their role in decomposing animal carcasses. Microbes play an important role in carcass decomposition. The origins of microbial communities associated with a carcass, including the internal and external microbiome, are discussed in this review. The succession and methods used for the detection and exploration of decomposition-associated microbial communities have been briefly described. Also, the applications of carcass-associated microbial taxa have been outlined. This review is intended to understand the dynamics of microbial communities associated with the carcass and pave the way to estimate postmortem interval and its role in recycling nutrients.
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