kitome means those supposed parts of a microbiome that were introduced as contaminants from the kit used in analysis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From kit + -ome.
noun
- 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.”