biotic

Biotic ( ancient Greek βίος bíos , German ' life ' ) describes processes and states, occasionally also objects in which living beings are involved.

Examples:

• Biotic transformations : chemical transformations caused by living beings
• Biotic environmental factors : factors, environmental conditions that are caused or influenced by living things.
• Probiotic : good or beneficial for life (of a living being).

The application of the term to substances that are constituents of living beings or are formed by them is less common . The term biogenic is more common for this.

The contrast is abiotic .

See also

• Biota
• Biologically

literature

• Meyers Lexikonredaktion (Hrsg.): Meyers Taschenlexikon Biologie . 2nd Edition. tape 1 . BI-Taschenbuchverlag, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1988, ISBN 3-411-02970-6 , p. 100 .