title: Palaeomicrobiology meets forensic medicine: time as a fourth-dimension for the crime scene.
abstract: The unrelenting progress of laboratory techniques is rapidly unleashing the huge potential of palaeomicrobiology. That bodies are often found in poor condition is common to both palaeomicrobiology and forensic medicine, and this might stimulate them towards a joint quest to extract reproducible data for reliable specimens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Diagnostics (Microbiology), University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazaj
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Forensic Medicine), University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turrina
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Forensic Medicine), University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Diagnostics (Microbiology), University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cornaglia
keywords: Forensic dentistry; forensic medicine; metagenomics; palaeomicrobiology; specimens
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