Decomposition (or spoilage) refers to the reduction of the body of a formerly living organism into simpler forms of matter.
Acarina Lignin Autolysis (biology) Flesh-fly Putrefaction Blow-fly Ant Earwig Skeletonization (forensics) Sphaeroceridae Sap beetle Cleridae Adipocere Cheese fly Psychodidae Phoridae Protura Pauropoda Symphyla Dermestidae Trogidae Springtail Diagenesis Saponification Bacteria Embalming Scavenger Mummy Fly Hymenoptera Acid Gas Fungus Calliphora Common green bottle fly Protein Sepsidae Decompiculture Staling Algor mortis