microbiome

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microbiome (plural microbiomes)

(genetics) The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.
- 2012 August, “Defining the Human Microbiome”, in Nutrition Reviews‎^[1], volume 70, number Suppl. 1, pages S38–S44:
  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 these cells harbor.
- 2018 March 26, Nicola Davis, “The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:
  Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably.
(biology) A microbial biome, such as the community of microbes within the human gut.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist‎^[3], volume 407, number 8842, pages 72-3:
  Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- 2014 June 30, Wayne Koberstein, “Second Genome”, in Life Science Leader‎^[4], volume 6, number 7, page 14:
  The microbiome creates the immediate environment for our genes as they play out their part in disease mechanisms.