Tuesday, October 07, 2014

microbiome vs microbiota.

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Definitions from Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome -- microbiome vs. microbiota.

Human microbiota – the particular community of microbes residing in and on the human body, including bacteria, archaea, viruses, microeukaryotes.

Human microbiome – the genes which are carried by the human microbiota.

Gene level vs. organism level.

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