microbial clock

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|[[forensic science]]|[[forensic biology]]}} The [[predictable]], [[time-dependent]] [[succession]] of [[microbial]] [[community|communities]] during the [[postmortem]] [[decomposition]] of a [[body]], used to [[estimate]] the [[postmortem interval]].

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