microflora
noun
mi·cro·flo·ra
ˌmī-krə-ˈflȯr-ə 
1
: microscopic flora
2
: a small or strictly localized flora (as of a microenvironment)
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Our skin hosts a microflora, or microorganisms that are similar to the microbiome of the gut, that helps protect against invading pathogens.
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Melanie Rud, SELF, 23 Apr. 2024
Air Pollution Might Age Skin, But Is Anti-Pollution Skincare the Fix?
Our skin hosts a microflora, or microorganisms that are similar to the microbiome of the gut, that helps protect against invading pathogens.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Pre or probiotics can help keep the microflora on the skin in a healthy balance.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Tilling also destroys the critical soil microflora and disrupts earthworms and other important, tiny critters that live in the soil.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
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microflora
noun
mi·cro·flo·ra
ˌmī-krə-ˈflōr-ə, -ˈflȯr-
1
: a small or strictly localized flora (as of a microenvironment)
intestinal microflora
2
: microscopic flora compare macroflora
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