microbiota
microbiota — 名詞
1. all the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny life forms that naturally live
微生物群
特定環境中所有微生物的集合體
all the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other tiny life forms that naturally live together in a specific habitat — for example, inside the human gut, on the surface of the skin, or in healthy soil
Dr. Chen studied the gut microbiota of premature infants at Taipei Children's Hospital.
陳醫師在台北兒童醫院研究早產兒的腸道微生物群。
gut microbiota — common collocation for intestinal microbes
Amara's gut microbiota weakened after she ate nothing but instant noodles for three weeks.
Amara 連續三週只吃泡麵，腸道微生物群因此變得非常脆弱。
The soil microbiota in Yuki's vegetable garden broke down the fallen leaves within three weeks.
Yuki 菜園裡的土壤微生物群在三週內分解了落葉。
soil microbiota — collocation for terrestrial microbial communities
After strong antibiotics, Fatima's gut microbiota took nearly six months to fully recover.
服用強效抗生素後，Fatima 的腸道微生物群花了近六個月才完全恢復。
Marine researchers sampled the microbiota living on healthy coral in the Red Sea.
海洋研究人員在紅海採集了健康珊瑚表面的微生物群樣本。
microbiota living on [surface] — preposition pattern for location
- gut microbiota
- intestinal microbiota
- skin microbiota
- soil microbiota
- human microbiota
- healthy microbiota
- microbiome
nearly synonymous in everyday use, but technically refers to the genes of the microbiota rather than the organisms themselves
- microflora
older term, now largely replaced; originally implied plant-like organisms
- microbial community
more descriptive and less technical; useful when explaining the concept to non-experts
文法句型
the microbiota of + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often used interchangeably with 'microbiome' in everyday contexts, but the two terms are technically distinct: 'microbiota' refers to the living microorganisms themselves, while 'microbiome' refers to the collection of their genetic material. In casual use, 'microbiome' is now the more common word.
常見錯誤
同根字
- microbiome名詞C1
- microbial形容詞C1
- microbe名詞B2
- microbiology名詞B2