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  • noun Plural form of microbiome.

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Examples

  • Scientists wondered if deeper studies would reveal a unity to human microbiomes.

    NYT > Home Page By CARL ZIMMER 2011

  • But despite the purported health benefits of probiotics, it's unclear how exactly they affect our gut microbiomes, and influence our overall health.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Jun Sun, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Rochester in New York, said the researcher's method of using mice with humanized microbiomes could be useful for future studies, particularly those that test the health benefits of yogurts and other fermented milk products.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Still, Dr. Bork was startled by the result of the study: all the microbiomes fell neatly into three distinct groups.

    NYT > Home Page By CARL ZIMMER 2011

  • And that is what our microbiomes are like - their membership is influenced by all the events of our lives, right from our first day.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • This study demonstrated overt differences between microbiomes of obese and non-obese mice and also indicated that this trait was transmissible among mice.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Tara C. Smith none@example.com 2010

  • In addition to looking for which genes were present in the gut microbiomes, the team went a step further and determined which ones were active.

    Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010

  • In addition to looking for which genes were present in the gut microbiomes, the team went a step further and determined which ones were active.

    Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews Science News 2010

  • This could explain another of the scientists 'findings, namely that the gut microbiomes of individual humans are more similar than previously thought: there appears to be a common set of genes which are present in different humans, probably because they ensure that crucial functions are carried out.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • After researchers generate profiles of microbial communities in healthy people, they will conduct demonstration projects to sample the microbiomes of volunteers with specific diseases.

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases 2008

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