biotic

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

   “This study and others at Bolinas Lagoon show that a number of variables, both biotic and abiotic, influence individual, local and regional distribution patterns of Dunlin.”

2. (alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable)Misspelling of biontic.

   “The biotic level involves basic, nonthoughtful adjustments made in the struggle for existence.”

   “Competition, on the biotic level, as we observe it in the plant and animal communities, seems to be relatively unrestricted.”

   “How important is biotic gene-dispersal to the success of the angiosperms?”

   “Knowledge of these patterns is essential to developing comprehensive conservation plans that maximize protection of biotic and phyletic diversity.”

noun

1. A nutritional substance that improves the health of gastrointestinal microorganisms, especially one that occurs naturally.

   “This is done by manipulating the microflora that reside within the GIT of all living things and this is the point at which all the "biotics" come into play.”

   “Thus, there is a principal difference between biotics and synthetic compounds. Biotics possess a number of structural and functional properties that allow them to enter biological molecular structures without too much difficulty and to function with high activity in the composition of these structures and biological cycles.”

   “You can't buy elevated biotics packaged up in bottles at the store, and you can't even find them in fermented foods. They don't exist in any area of industry; they exist on a fresh sprout or microgreen or an organic apple you pick from a tree or on kale you pluck from your backyard plot. These elevated biotics create the strongest beneficial bacteria environment possible in the intestinal tract, and this greatly benefits the liver in ways undiscovered by medical research and science.”

   “We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the therapeutic benefits of biotics in CKD.”

   “The indicative references cited in this chapter clearly illustrate the critical contribution of these biotics to the general health and well-being of cultured organism.”

2. A simple organic organism that is more complex than an organic molecule but simpler than a plant or animal.

   “The biotics constitute an extensive group of organic materials that are simple, living microorganisms and cannot be expressed as chemical formulas.”

   “The absence of fusulinids in the Manzanita despite the presence of biotics of similar size suggests that there was not indiscriminate transport of biotics from the shelf.”

   “In addition to foraminifera, fragments and whole specimens of several different biotics are present within the sand sized fraction of the Fram cores.”

   “These isotropic fields have been modified to include isotopic compositional data for biotics and cements for limestones and carbonate sediments from the Pacific and Caribbean from Saller (1986), Gonzalez and Lohmann (1985), and […]”