TABLE 3.

Microbiome analysis in postmortem forensic studies^a

Reference	n	Age	Gender	Population analyzed	Microbiome location
Postmortem interval determination
Adserias-Garriga et al. (41)	3	27–81	W/M	USA	Oral (palate, tongue, inner mucosa of cheek and tooth surfaces)
DeBruyn et al. (76)	4	62–67	W/M	USA	Proximal large intestine (cecum)
Bell et al. (45)	10	17–67	W/M	USA	Cardiac tissue
Pechal et al. (43)	188	18–88	W/M	USA	Ears, eyes, nose, mouth, rectum, and umbilicus
Pechal et al. (44)	2	9–13	W/M	USA	External auditory canal, eyes, nares, mouth, umbilicus, and rectum
Javan et al. (14)	27	17–82	W/M	USA	Brain, heart, liver, and spleen
Hauther et al. (46)	12	51–85	W/M	USA	Intestine
Can et al. (15)	n.i.	n.i.	n.i.	USA	Blood, brain, liver, and spleen
Hyde et al. (42)	2	n.i.	n.i.	USA	Intestine and oral cavity
Death of drowning
Uchiyama et al. (17)	43	<10–80	W/M	Japan	Lung, kidney, liver, and blood
Rutty et al. (16)	20	14–93	W/M	UK	Brain, lung, spleen, and kidney
Huys et al. (28)	93	n.i.	n.i.	USA	Blood and bone marrow
Kakizaki et al. (29)	25	<10–80	W/M	Japan	Blood
Cause of SIDS
Leong et al. (51)	88	0–1	W/M	Australia	Fecal
Highet et al. (52)	154	0–1	W/M	Australia	Intestine
Praveen and Praveen (30)			W/M	USA	Gut flora
Prtak et al. (18)	121	0–2	W/M	UK	Blood and cerebrospinal fluid

^an, number of individuals or samples; n.i., not indicated; W/M, women/men; SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome.