microbial clock

Questions

What does microbial clock mean?

The predictable, time-dependent succession of microbial communities during the postmortem decomposition of a body, used to estimate the postmortem interval.

Where does microbial clock come from?

Coined by the microbial ecologist and evolutionary biologist Jessica Metcalf c. 2010.

How to pronounce microbial clock

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