Microbiomes

microbiome

totality of microbes, genetic elements (genomes), and environmental interactions in a defined environment

examples of defined environment

gut of human or soil sample

evenness

measure of skew in abundance of community members

richness

number of different types of organisms present

diversity

combination of richness and evenness- summary stat for community structure as membership, abundance, and evenness are taken into account

simpson index

common diversity index indication probability that two randomly chosen where at the same place at the same time

shannon index

quantifies the uncertainty of predicting the next individual taken from a sample

Alpha diversity

within sample diversity

Beta diversity

between sample diversity

enterotype

a classification of living organisms and the host to markedly different lifestyles

closetrioides difficile infection

CDI

nearly all infections are ____

nosocomial