Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Hologenome

Most recents (1)

The word #Microbiome is derived from the word "biome", i.e. a distinct environmental habitat, in which microbes occupy and are part of. A Microbiome is therefore a spatially distinct environment with unique bio-physical properties AND its associated microbes. 🦠+🏝️
#Microbiota refers to the microbial members of the microbiome. 🦠 This word is therefore strongly related to this microbial biome but it does not concern the environmental conditions of the specified habitat.
I see lots of people and papers still defining #microbiome as a "collection of genes/genomes". Worth knowing though is that "microbiome" is not an -omics word related to the word genome. We have another, more appropriate, word to describe a collection of genomes: #metagenome
Read 12 tweets

Related hashtags

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!