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kitome

kitome noun: those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.

Noun

kitome (plural kitomes)

  1. Those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.
    • These common kitome contaminants include genera such as Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium.2023, Suparna Mitra, editor, Metagenomic Data Analysis, Springer, Imprint: Humana, →ISBN, page 46

Forms of kitome

pluralkitomes

Origin of kitome

From kit + -ome.

Questions about kitome

What does kitome mean?
Kitome means those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.
What part of speech is kitome?
Kitome is a noun.
What is the plural of kitome?
The plural of kitome is kitomes.

Words near kitome in the dictionary

  1. kitniot
  2. kitniyot
  3. kito
  4. kitol
  5. kitols
  6. kitome
  7. kitomes
  8. kiton
  9. kitons
  10. kitool
  11. kitools

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