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Definitions of Commonly Used Terms
| Human microbiome: the collective genomes of the microbiota (composed of bacteria, bacteriophage, fungi, protozoa and viruses) that live inside and on the human body |
| Genomes: the complete set of genetic material present in a cell or organism. |
| Microbiota: the community of commensal, symbiotic and pathogenic microorganisms that share our body space |
| Species diversity: the number of species present and the abundance of each within a select body site |
