Examining transmission of gut bacteria to preserved carcass via anal secretions in Nicrophorus defodiens

• Christopher James Miller ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mill2073@pnw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-5982

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• Scott Thomas Bates,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest, Westville, IN, United States of America

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• Lindsay M. Gielda,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest, Westville, IN, United States of America

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• J. Curtis Creighton

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, United States of America

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