microbiome
/ˌmaɪ.krəʊ.ˈbaɪ.əʊm/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmaɪ.kroʊ.ˈbaɪ.oʊm/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌmī-krō-ˈbī-ˌōm/ (ame, mw)
microbiome — 名詞
- microbiomesingular
- microbiomesplural
1. the huge collection of tiny living things — including bacteria, fungi, and virus
微生物群
特定環境或體內微生物的群落
the huge collection of tiny living things — including bacteria, fungi, and viruses — that naturally live together in a specific place, especially inside or on a human body
Dr. Aisha Patel studies how the gut microbiome affects a person's overall health and mood.
Aisha Patel 博士研究腸道微生物群如何影響一個人的整體健康與情緒。
possessive: the gut microbiome
Eating a wide range of vegetables helps keep your microbiome healthy and diverse.
攝取多樣化的蔬菜有助於保持你的微生物群健康且多元。
collocation: healthy / diverse microbiome
The soil microbiome plays an important role in helping plants take up nutrients from the ground.
土壤微生物群在幫助植物從土壤吸收養分方面扮演重要角色。
Newborn babies begin to build their skin microbiome from contact with their mother and the environment.
新生兒透過與母親和環境的接觸，開始建立自己的皮膚微生物群。
Antibiotics can temporarily reduce the number of helpful bacteria in your microbiome.
抗生素可能會暫時減少你微生物群中有益細菌的數量。
- microbiota
more technical and refers specifically to the organisms themselves, not the environment they live in
- microbial community
a more descriptive, less common phrase used in scientific writing
文法句型
possessive + microbiome
the + microbiome + of + [location]
用法筆記
Common with location words such as gut, skin, oral, or soil. The possessive form (your microbiome, the baby's microbiome) is frequent in health-related contexts.
常見錯誤
2. the complete set of genetic material (DNA and RNA) belonging to all the microorg
微生物基因組
微生物的遺傳物質總和
the complete set of genetic material (DNA and RNA) belonging to all the microorganisms that live in a particular environment, such as the human digestive system
Scientists at the university are mapping the microbiome of the Amazon River to discover new gene sequences.
該大學的科學家正在繪製亞馬遜河的微生物基因組圖譜，以發現新的基因序列。
the + microbiome + of + [location]
Comparing the microbiome of healthy and diseased plants helps researchers identify harmful genetic markers.
比較健康與染病植物的微生物基因組，有助研究人員找出有害的遺傳標記。
Oluwaseun's research focuses on the oral microbiome and how its genes influence tooth decay.
Oluwaseun 的研究聚焦於口腔微生物基因組，探討其基因如何影響蛀牙。
By sequencing the DNA in a sample of ocean water, researchers can study the entire microbiome without isolating individual species.
透過定序海水樣本中的DNA，研究人員不需逐一分離物種，就能研究整個微生物基因組。
- metagenome
a near-synonym used specifically in genomics for the combined genetic material recovered directly from an environmental sample
文法句型
the + microbiome + of + [location]
possessive + microbiome
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 refers specifically to the genetic information of microorganisms, not the living organisms themselves. This sense is common in genomics and research contexts.