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diagnosis > test > specimen > nasal microbiome

Preferred term

nasal microbiome  

Definition

  • Microbiota are "ecological communities of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms" found in and on all multicellular organisms studied to date from plants to animals. Microbiota includes bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi and viruses. Microbiota have been found to be crucial for immunologic, hormonal and metabolic homeostasis of their host. (Wikipedia)

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Creator

  • Patricia Fener

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