Abstract
Recent breakthroughs in forensic sciences, bioinformatics and next-generation sequencing technologies have broadened the application of microbiome analysis as an upcoming forensic tool. Studying the variation of the microbial flora and their profile, as well as the interactions among microorganisms, hosts, and the environment, are recent topics in microbiome research worldwide. Such novel microbiome applications have created a wide range of additional opportunities for the advancement of the forensic science. There are many modern forensic uses for the microbiome, such as postmortem identification, geolocation inference, and post-mortem interval prediction.