CaDAVEr: a metagenome-assembled genome catalog of microbial decomposers across vertebrate environments
Microbial degradation of organic matter is a fundamental Earth process, yet a mechanistic understanding of microbial metabolisms and successional ecology involved in decomposition remains poorly understood. Here, we announce the recovery of 277 cadaver-associated soil metagenome-assembled genomes to enhance our understanding of vertebrate decomposition microbial processes.
Authors
- Bridget B. McGivern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9023-0018)
- Siu Hung Joshua Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7707-656X)
- Asa Ben‐Hur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-6942)
- Alexandra L. Emmons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-105X)
- Zachary M. Burcham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-9643)
- Derek A. Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-0536)
- Sibyl R. Bucheli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-7224)
- Daniel T. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0876-9060)
- Anru R. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-5252)
- Aaron M. Lynne
- Valerie Seitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-3336)
- Rob Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9019)
- Michael Shaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-3709)
- Sasha C. Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8597-8619)
- Jake Smith
- Giovanna M. Vidoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2497-9308)
- Liat Shenhav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-6050)
- Dawnie Wolfe Steadman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0812-0739)
- Qiyun Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-6271)
- Kelly C. Wrighton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0434-4217)
- Pixu Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2455-2622)
- Cameron Martino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9334-1258)
- Aeriel D. Belk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9925-6986)
- Zhenjiang Zech Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-024X)
- Heather L. Deel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9429-9052)
- Gail Ackermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-4931)
- Jessica L. Metcalf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8374-8046)
- Jenna M. S. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-2673)
- Melissa Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0927-0069)
- Mikayla Borton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-4253)
- Kalen Cantrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6262-1668)
- Parsa Ghadermazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4112-2105)
- Victoria Nieciecki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1891-5909)
- Greg C. Humphry
- David Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-5237)
Institutions
- United States Geological Survey (US)
- Colorado Mesa University (US)
- Nanchang University (CN)
- Duke University (US)
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (US)
- Sam Houston State University (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- Midwest College of Oriental Medicine (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Chaminade University of Honolulu (US)
- Institute of Forensic Science (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology (CN)
- Southwest Biological Science Center
- Arizona State University (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Rockefeller University (US)
- Jefferson College (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01323-24
- Primary Topic
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00