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Biotics describe living or once living components of a community; for example organisms, such as animals and plants. Biotic may refer to: *
Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energ ...
, the condition of living organisms *
Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...
, the study of life * Biotic material, which is derived from living organisms * Biotic components in ecology * Biotic potential, an organism's reproductive capacity *
Biotic community A biocenosis (UK English, ''biocoenosis'', also biocenose, biocoenose, biotic community, biological community, ecological community, life assemblage), coined by Karl Möbius in 1877, describes the interacting organisms living together in a hab ...
, all the interacting organisms living together in a specific habitat * Biotic energy, a vital force theorized by biochemist Benjamin Moore Biotic may also refer to: *
Biotic Baking Brigade The Biotic Baking Brigade is a loosely connected group of activists famous for throwing pies in the faces of such figures as Bill Gates, San Francisco mayors Willie Brown and Gavin Newsom, anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps, economist Milton Friedman ...
, an unofficial group of pie-throwing activists Abiotic Non living


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Antibiotics An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention o ...
are agents that either kill bacteria or inhibit their growth * Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth or activity of bacteria in the digestive system *
Probiotic Probiotics are live microorganisms promoted with claims that they provide health benefits when consumed, generally by improving or restoring the gut microbiota. Probiotics are considered generally safe to consume, but may cause bacteria-host i ...
s consist of a live culture of bacteria that inhibit or interfere with colonization by microbial pathogens *
Synbiotics Synbiotics refer to food ingredients or dietary supplements combining probiotics and prebiotics in a form of synergism, hence synbiotics. The synbiotic concept was first introduced as "mixtures of probiotics and prebiotics that beneficially affec ...
refer to nutritional supplements combining probiotics and prebiotics {{disambiguation