A bit of spooky science, with Halloween this month 💀 

“It’s easy to assume that your microbes will die off once they are outside your body. However the DNA signatures of host-associated microbes can be detected in the soil below a decomposing body, on the soil surface and in graves for months or years after the soft tissues of the body have decomposed.” 

Learn more: 
https://theconversation.com/your-microbes-live-on-after-you-die-a-microbiologist-explains-how-your-necrobiome-recycles-your-body-to-nourish-new-life-214048 

#science #healthstodon

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