kitome

English

Etymology

From kit +‎ -ome.

Noun

kitome (plural kitomes)

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