Microbiotaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

microbiota (plural microbiotas or microbiota)

1. The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
   • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 348:

     Caesarean babies eventually acquire the same mix of microbes as those born vaginally — by a year, their microbiota are usually indistinguishable.

派生語

• ectomicrobiota
• endomicrobiota
• fecal microbiota transplant/fecal microbiota transplantation
• microbiotal
• rhizomicrobiota

関連する語

• microfauna
• microflora
• microbiome