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thanatomicrobiome

thanatomicrobiome noun: the microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.

Noun

thanatomicrobiome (uncountable)

  1. The microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.
    • What happens to these cells after human host death, defined here as the thanatomicrobiome (i.e., thanatos-, Greek defn., death), is not clear.2014 August 1, Ismail Can, Gulnaz T. Javan, Alexander E. Pozhitkov, Peter A. Noble, “Distinctive thanatomicrobiome signatures found in the blood and internal organs of humans”, in Journal of...
    • Future studies should collect data based on these variables to investigate the thanatomicrobiome of the decomposing tissue in addition to soil microbiome interactions.2015, K A Perrault, T Rai, B H Stuart, S L Forbes, “Seasonal comparison of carrion volatiles in decomposition soil using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–time of flight mass...

Origin of thanatomicrobiome

From thanato- + microbiome.

Words formed from thanatomicrobiome

Questions about thanatomicrobiome

What does thanatomicrobiome mean?
Thanatomicrobiome means the microbiome existing in a mammalian host after it dies.
What part of speech is thanatomicrobiome?
Thanatomicrobiome is a noun.

Words near thanatomicrobiome in the dictionary

  1. thanatology
  2. thanatomancy
  3. thanatomania
  4. thanatometer
  5. thanatometers
  6. thanatomicrobiome
  7. thanatomicrobiomic
  8. thanatomimesis
  9. thanatomimetic
  10. Thanatophidia
  11. thanatophile

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