MUMBAI, India, Feb. 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511132841 A) filed by Harshita Tiwari; Dr. Neeharika Srivastava; Dr. Tripti Bhatnagar; and Dr. Baljeet Yadav, Gurgaon, Haryana, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'a method for estimating postmortem interval using yeast and fungal thanatomicrobiome signatures.'
Inventor(s) include Harshita Tiwari; Dr. Neeharika Srivastava; Dr. Tripti Bhatnagar; and Dr. Baljeet Yadav.
The application for the patent was published on Feb. 6, under issue no. 06/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to forensic estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) using yeast and filamentous fungal thanatomicrobiome signatures in visceral organs. Liver and/or kidney tissues are incubated under defined temperature and oxygen conditions and sampled at set times. Yeast and fungi are identified using staining, biochemical tests, and ITS/18S sequencing. Diagnostic taxa, including Candida spp., Lachancea thermotolerans, Yarrowia lipolytica, Trichoderma verruculosum, and Gliocladium spp., are correlated with specific time-temperature regimes to infer PMI via a reference model, providing a robust alternative to traditional PMI methods."
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