The Clinical Measurement Ontology (CMO), Measurement Methods Ontology (MMO), and Experimental Condition Ontology (XCO) are currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about these vocabularies please see Shimoyama et al. Three ontologies to define phenotype measurement data. Front Genet. 2012;3:87. Epub 2012 May 28 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
This is any condition in which the main influencing factor is a biologic (product of, or component of, a living organism) or probiotic introduced externally or internally to a subject to effect a change in phenotype of the subject, usually in treatment of a medical condition. Probiotics are live microorganisms that are intended to have health benefits when consumed or applied to the body.