English Explanatory Dictionary

microbiota

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

microbiota microbiotas

Etymology

From micro- + biota.

Related words

microfauna microflora microbiome

Derived words

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