Sentence: bioterrorism and epidemiology are now accompanied by the prospect of using microorganisms ( i ) as ancillary evidence in criminal cases ; ( ii ) to clarify causes of death ( e.g. , drownings , toxicology , hospital-acquired infections , sudden infant death and shaken baby syndromes ) ; ( iii ) to assist human identification ( skin , hair and body fluid microbiomes ) ; ( iv ) for geolocation ( soil microbiome ) ; and ( v ) to estimate postmortem interval ( thanatomicrobiome and epinecrotic microbial community ). 
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