Noun

(wikipedia genome) (en noun)

(genetics)  The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, just as having the human genome has made it possible to ask new questions about cellular and molecular systems.}}

Noun

(en noun)

The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-08, volume=70, issue=Suppl. 1, page=S38–S44, magazine=Nutrition Reviews, title= Defining the Human Microbiome

, passage=The human microbiota consists of the 10-100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells harbored by each person, primarily bacteria in the gut; the human microbiome consists of the genes these cells harbor.}}

A microbial biome, such as the community of microbes within the human gut.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist), title= A punch in the gut

, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}