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Article #557What is mechanism for bloating of bodies after death?
From: steve%revolver
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 23:30
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1989 23:30
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A question has arisen on one or two other newsgroups recently whose
answer may be provided here. It involves the decomposition of a human
body after death.
What is the mechanism which causes the bloating which is observed shortly
after death? I think it involves anaerobic bacteria, but why do these same
bacteria not cause bloating when the person is alive. What has changed after
death (beyond the obvious) that was not happening when the person was alive.
How is the rate of decomposition affected by temperature? Please be as specific
as you possibly can.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!mephisto!prism!revolver!steve From: steve%revolver@gatech.edu Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med Subject: What is mechanism for bloating of bodies after death? Keywords: death, bloating, floating Message-ID: <4246@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 8 Dec 89 23:30:26 GMT Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Reply-To: steve%revolver@gatech.edu Followup-To: sci.bio Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 16