kitome
nounEtymology From kit + -ome.
1
Those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis.
- These common kitome contaminants include genera such as Ralstonia, Sphingomonas, and Bradyrhizobium.2023, Suparna Mitra, editor, Metagenomic Data Analysis, Springer, Imprint: Humana, →ISBN, page 46:
- Related terms
- splashome