microbiome
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably."
- "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."
- "The microbiome creates the immediate environment for our genes as they play out their part in disease mechanisms."
- "Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those."
- "For your community of microbes— your 'microbiome' — your body is a planet."
Etymology
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology.