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Any bacteria living inside of the body, i.e. those in the gut are anaerobic. After death they quickly spread out of the gut and colonize the rest of the body.

Without any air or oxygen, they take big hydrocarbons, and derive energy by making them into single carbon elements, methane, which the bacteria release.

The methane gas released by the bacteria which will cause the body to swell up and become buoyant.

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