Microbiota
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microbiota is a noun meaning The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
Meaning
The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- microbiotas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microflora, microbiome, xenomicrobiota, microbiocenosis, microbiomics, macrobiota.
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