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microbiomics
[ mahy-kroh-bahy-om-iks ]
noun
- the scientific study of the microbiome.
Word History and Origins
Origin of microbiomics1
Example Sentences
"We urge the creation of more expansive coral reef microbial datasets on a global scale and recommend undertaking interdisciplinary research encompassing ecology, marine chemistry, physical oceanography and microbiomics."
Zhu is a researcher with the Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics at ASU and an assistant professor with the School of Life Sciences.
"Significant disparities in microbial communities, particularly nitrogen metabolism-related microorganisms, were identified in the roots of tea plants with varying qualities through microbiomics," says Tongda Xu of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fujian, China.
Proteomics does the same for proteins, microbiomics for the multiple contents of our microbiomes and metabolomics for molecules related to metabolic processes.
Microbiomics company Seres Therapeutics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, took those findings, incorporated extra in-house data, and created a mix of strains from dozens of bacterial species, all in spore form.
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