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microbial clock

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

Noun

microbial clock (plural microbial clocks)

  1. (forensic science, forensic biology) The predictable, time-dependent succession of microbial communities during the postmortem decomposition of a body, used to estimate the postmortem interval.

Forms of microbial clock

pluralmicrobial clocks

Origin of microbial clock

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

Questions about microbial clock

What does microbial clock mean?
Microbial clock means the predictable, time-dependent succession of microbial communities during the postmortem decomposition of a body, used to estimate the postmortem interval.
What part of speech is microbial clock?
Microbial clock is a noun.
What is the plural of microbial clock?
The plural of microbial clock is microbial clocks.

Words near microbial clock in the dictionary

  1. microbenthic
  2. microbenthos
  3. microbes
  4. microbia
  5. microbial
  6. microbial clock
  7. microbial clocks
  8. microbial fuel cell
  9. microbial fuel cells
  10. microbialite
  11. microbialites

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