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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.
Caesarean babies eventually acquire the same mix of microbes as those born vaginally — by a year, their microbiota are usually indistinguishable.
Use microbiota when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Microbiota means The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably.
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