# 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](/source/Life), the condition of living organisms
- [Biology](/source/Biology), the study of life
- [Biotic material](/source/Biotic_material), which is derived from living organisms
- [Biotic components](/source/Biotic_component) in ecology
- [Biotic potential](/source/Biotic_potential), an organism's reproductive capacity
- [Biotic community](/source/Biotic_community), all the interacting organisms living together in a specific habitat
- [Biotic energy](/source/Biotic_energy), a vital force theorized by biochemist Benjamin Moore
- [Biotic Baking Brigade](/source/Biotic_Baking_Brigade), an unofficial group of pie-throwing activists

## See also

- [Abiotic](/source/Abiotic)
- [Antibiotics](/source/Antibiotics) are agents that either kill bacteria or inhibit their growth
- [Prebiotic (nutrition)](/source/Prebiotic_(nutrition)) are non-digestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth or activity of bacteria in the digestive system
- [Probiotics](/source/Probiotic) consist of a live culture of bacteria that inhibit or interfere with colonization by microbial pathogens
- [Synbiotics](/source/Synbiotics) refer to nutritional supplements combining probiotics and prebiotics

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