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細菌群

简细菌群 · 繁細菌群

Mandarin · pinyin xì jūn qún

bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)

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細: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
菌: jūn · mushroom; germ, microbe
群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
细: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin

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4–1–2 · xi4 jun1 qun2

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