Biotic

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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, the condition of living organisms
• Biology, 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, all the interacting organisms living together in a specific habitat
• Biotic energy, a vital force theorized by biochemist Benjamin Moore
• Biotic Baking Brigade, an unofficial group of pie-throwing activists

• Abiotic
• Antibiotics 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
• Probiotics consist of a live culture of bacteria that inhibit or interfere with colonization by microbial pathogens
• Synbiotics refer to nutritional supplements combining probiotics and prebiotics

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