📚 noun • entry_id 41920
microbiome
Meanings (ES + gloss)
microbioma
The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.
The human microbiota consists of the 10-100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells harbored by each person, primarily bacteria in the gut; the human microbiome consists of the genes th…
Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably.
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