Reference entry
Enterotype
Plain-English definitions of microbiome research vocabulary — the terms you'll see across articles, testing services, and probiotic claims.
Glossary context
Defined
in the site-wide microbiome glossary
Definition
A classification of the human gut microbiome into distinct community types, first proposed in 2011. Three enterotypes were identified based on dominant genera: Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Ruminococcus.