microbiota
See also: Microbiota
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmicrobiota (plural microbiotas or microbiota)
- The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 348:
- Caesarean babies eventually acquire the same mix of microbes as those born vaginally — by a year, their microbiota are usually indistinguishable.
Derived terms
edit- ectomicrobiota
- endomicrobiota
- fecal microbiota transplant/fecal microbiota transplantation
- microbiotal
- rhizomicrobiota
Related terms
editTranslations
editmicrobial community inhabiting a multi-cellular organism
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Spanish
editNoun
editmicrobiota f (plural microbiotas)
Further reading
edit- “microbiota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014