Relating to or produced by living organisms; living or derived from life.
From Greek biotikos (relating to life), from bios (life). Used since the 19th century in biology and ecology.
In ecology, 'biotic factors' are everything alive in an ecosystem—animals, plants, bacteria—while 'abiotic factors' are the non-living stuff like soil, water, and sunlight.
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