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Volume 30, Number 8—August 2024
Etymologia
Microbiota [mī′′-krō-bī′-ō-′tә], microbiome [mī′′-krō-bī′-ōm]
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![Molecular biologist and Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg in his laboratory in Wisconsin, 1958. Dr. Lederberg played a pivotal role in coining the term microbiome as we know it today. Public domain image from the National Library of Medicine.](/eid/images/23-0677-F1.jpg)
Figure. Molecular biologist and Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg in his laboratory in Wisconsin, 1958. Dr. Lederberg played a pivotal role in coining the term microbiome as we know it today. Public domain image from the National Library of Medicine.
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