microbiota
microbiota noun: the microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
Noun
microbiota (plural microbiotas or microbiota)
- The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
- Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably.2018 March 26, Nicola Davis, “The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021
- Caesarean babies eventually acquire the same mix of microbes as those born vaginally — by a year, their microbiota are usually indistinguishable.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 348
Forms of microbiota
| plural | microbiotas |
|---|---|
| plural | microbiota |
Origin of microbiota
From micro- + biota.
Words formed from microbiota
Phrases with microbiota
Questions about microbiota
- What does microbiota mean?
- Microbiota means the microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
- What part of speech is microbiota?
- Microbiota is a noun.
- What is the plural of microbiota?
- The plural of microbiota is microbiotas.
Words near microbiota in the dictionary
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