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microbiota en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + biota.

Meanings

1. The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

ectomicrobiota · microbiotal · xenomicrobiota · epimicrobiota · fecal microbiota transplant · endomicrobiota · fecal microbiota transplantation · rhizomicrobiota

Relateds

microfauna · microbiome · microflora

Translations (4)

fi mikrobisto (microbial community inhabiting a multi-cellular organism) · bg микробио́та (microbial community inhabiting a multi-cellular organism) · cmn 微生物群 (microbial community inhabiting a multi-cellular organism) · de Mikrobiota (microbial community inhabiting a multi-cellular organism)