Microbial Forensics

1. The Kameido anthrax incident: a microbial forensic case study
2. The FBI's Amerithrax Task Force and the advent of microbial forensics
3. Microbial forensic investigation of the anthrax letter attacks: how the investigation would differ using today's technologies
4. Foodborne outbreaks
5. Forensic plant pathology
6. Microbial source tracking: characterization of human fecal pollution in environmental waters with HF183 quantitative real-time PCR
7. Influenza forensics
8. Forensic public health: epidemiological and microbiological investigations for biosecurity
9. Forensic analysis in bacterial pathogens
10. Genomic epidemiology and forensics of fungal pathogens
11. Forensic human identification using skin microbiome genetic signatures
12. Using microbiome tools for estimating the postmortem interval
13. Select methods for microbial forensic nucleic acid analysis of trace and uncultivable specimens
14. The use of host factors in microbial forensics
15. Toxin analysis using mass spectrometry
16. Ricin forensics: comparisons to microbial forensics
17. Proteomics for bioforensics
18. Bioinformatics
19. Genomics
20. Design of genomic signatures for pathogen identification and characterization
21. Collection and preservation of microbial forensic samples
22. Assessment of the threat
23. Scientific testimonial standards for microbial forensic evidence
24. Inferential validation and evidence interpretation
25. Microbial forensic investigations in the context of bacterial population genetics
26. Use of microbial forensics data in scientific, legal, and policy contexts
27. Lessons for expert witnesses
28. Select agent regulations
29. Biorepositories and their foundation
30. The National Bioforensic Analysis Center
31. An international microbial forensics research strategy and its collaborative pursuit is needed
32. Education and training in microbial forensics
33. Microbial forensics: what next?

Microbial Forensics, Third Edition, serves as a complete reference on the discipline, describing the advances, challenges and opportunities that are integral in applying science to help solve future biocrimes. New chapters include: Microbial Source Tracking, Clinical Recognition, Bioinformatics, and Quality Assurance. This book is intended for a wide audience, but will be indispensable to forensic scientists and researchers interested in contributing to the growing field of microbial forensics. Biologists and microbiologists, the legal and judicial system, and the international community involved with Biological Weapons Treaties will also find this volume invaluable.