What does "microbiota" mean?

The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.

Microbiota

Common synonyms include: estuarine microbial, florae, gut flora, human microbiota, intestinal microbiota, microbe population.

noun

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Noun

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The microbial community that inhabits a multi-cellular organism, whether the entire organism or a specific body surface.
"Caesarean babies eventually acquire the same mix of microbes as those born vaginally — by a year, their microbiota are usually indistinguishable."

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

From micro- + biota.