microbiome

/ˌmaɪkɹəʊˈbaɪəʊm/ (BrE)

Definition

Definition of microbiome - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

gut bacteria

TECH.

community of tiny living things in a specific place

TECH.

Changes in diet can quickly affect the gut microbiome.

microflora

genetic data

TECH.

all DNA from microbes living in one environment

TECH.

Researchers sequenced the microbiome to track antibiotic resistance genes.

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Origin of microbiome

Greek, mikros (small) + bios (life) + -ome (whole set)

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HGP

abbr.

abr: Human Gut Microbiome Project

research project studying bacteria in human intestines

HMP

acr.

acr: Human Microbiome Project

large research project studying human body microbes

suprainfection

medical

infection after antibiotic treatment disrupts normal microbiome

Examples of microbiome in a sentence

Researchers mapped the soil microbiome around the vineyard.
A fecal test mapped his gut microbiome after the illness.
Soil microbiome samples revealed shifts after the wildfire.

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French:microbiome, microbiote, ...
German:Mikrobiom, Metagenom, ...
Italian:microbioma, flora microbica, ...
Spanish:microbioma, metagenoma, ...
Portuguese:microbioma, metagenoma, ...
Chinese:微生物组, 微生物群基因组, ...
Japanese:マイクロバイオーム, 環境中の微生物に由来するDNAの集合, ...
Arabic:مِيكْرُوبْيُوم, الميكروبيوم, ...
Hebrew:מִיקְרוֹבְיוֹם, מִיקְרוֹבְיוֹטָה, ...
Russian:микробиом, метагеном, ...
Ukrainian:мікробіом, метагеном, ...
Hindi:माइक्रोबायोम, सूक्ष्मजीवी समुदाय, ...
Bengali:মাইক্রোবায়োম, মাইক্রোবায়োম সমষ্টি, ...
Catalan:microbioma, metagenoma, ...
Czech:mikrobiom, metagenom, ...
Danish:mikrobiom, mikrobiota, ...
Dutch:microbioom, ...
Greek:μικροβίωμα, μικροβιακή χλωρίδα, ...
Hungarian:mikrobiom, mikrobiális génállomány, ...
Khmer:មីក្រូប៊ីយ៉ូម, មីក្រូបាយអូម, ...
Korean:마이크로바이옴, 특정 환경의 미생물들이 가진 유전체 전체, ...
Persian:میکروبیوم, متاژنوم, ...
Polish:mikrobiom, mikrobiota, ...
Portuguese (BR):microbioma, metagenoma, ...
Romanian:microbiom, microbiotă, ...
Swedish:mikrobiom, mikrobflora, ...
Thai:ไมโครไบโอม, จุลชีพประจำถิ่น, ...
Turkish:mikrobiyom, ...
Vietnamese:hệ vi sinh, vi hệ, ...

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Definition of microbiome - Reverso English Dictionary

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