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. 2019 May 21;8(2):70. doi: 10.3390/pathogens8020070
Polymicrobial Referring to more than one microbe; can be poly-fungal, poly-bacterial, or fungal-bacterial
Monoinfections Infections with one microbe; either fungal or bacterial
Co-infections Infections with more than one microbe; can be poly-fungal, poly-bacterial, or fungal-bacterial
Mixed biofilms or infections Biofilms or infections with at least one bacterium and one fungus
Microbiota/microbiome Entity of bacteria/bacterial genes in a certain niche or sample
Mycobiota/mycobiome Entity of fungi/fungal genes in a certain niche or sample
Microbes/microbial: In general, referring to bacteria and fungi