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Metagenomic vs Microbiome - What's the difference?

metagenomic | microbiome |

As an adjective metagenomic

is of or pertaining to metagenomics.

As a noun microbiome is

the genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.

metagenomic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to metagenomics
  • microbiome

    English

    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.}}