Bridget B. McGivern Michael Shaffer Mikayla A. Borton Aeriel D. Belk Parsa Ghadermazi Cameron Martino Liat Shenhav Anru R. Zhang Pixu Shi Alexandra Emmons Heather Deel Zhenjiang Zech Xu Victoria Nieciecki Qiyun Zhu Kalen Cantrell Asa Ben-Hur Sasha C. Reed Greg C. Humphry Gail Ackermann Daniel McDonald Siu Hung Chan Melissa Connor Derek A. Boyd Jake Smith Jenna M.S. Watson Giovanna Vidoli Dawnie Steadman Aaron M. Lynne Sibyl Bucheli David O. Carter Zachary M. Burcham Rob Knight Kelly C. Wrighton Jessica L. Metcalf Valerie A. Seitz 2025 <p><span>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.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1128/mra.01323-24 en American Society for Microbiology CaDAVEr: A metagenome-assembled genome catalog of microbial decomposers across vertebrate environments article