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Vinony

metagenome

noun

  1. genes from an environment
  2. collective genome representative of the many organisms, mostly microorganisms, existing in a community
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English genome English metagenome From meta- + genome.

  1. All the genetic material present in an environmental sample, consisting of the genomes of many individual organisms.