Kitome

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.

    "These common kitome contaminants include genera such as Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium."

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"These common kitome contaminants include genera such as Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium."

Etymology

From kit + -ome.

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