microbiota
微生物群,微生物区,微生物区系,微生物组
Definitions
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Microbiology.
- : the microorganisms, both flora and fauna, that inhabit a particular region, when considered collectively.
- : the microorganisms that live in the human body, symbiotically or pathologically. See also microbiome.
Examples
Previous studies with centenarians in Italy and China, for example, found that centenarians carried an abundance of two strains, suggesting those who successfully age also have microbiota that flexibly change and adapt.
They then used a tool called metagenomic sequencing, an ultra-fancy DNA sequencing method that detects DNA from a group of samples, to unveil the microbiota strains and their abundance.
The findings point to the possibility of microbiota manipulation as a preventive for Alzheimer’s.
Different diets also affect the microbiota, indicating some flexibility in the microbes a species can harbor.
One intriguing possibility may lie in the billions of microbes, collectively termed the microbiota, that live on and within our bodies.
Breast milk is the perfect food, formed by natural selection to have everything the developing child—and its microbiota—needs.