In microbiology, flora (plural: floras or floræ) refers to the collective bacteria and other microorganisms in an ecosystem (usually an animal host or a single part of its body). While the term microflora is widely used, it is technically a misnomer since the word root flora pertains to plants. Some textbooks now use the term microbiota.

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• Ecology
• Human flora
• Flora (plants)
• Gut flora
• Exogenous bacteria

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