bacteriology
noun
bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(ˌ)bak-ˌtir-ē-ˈä-lə-jē 
1
: a science that deals with bacteria and their relations to medicine, industry, and agriculture
2
: bacterial life and phenomena
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Kellogg’s thinking on constipation, that anything less than three bowel movements a day risked dangerous intestinal putrefaction, was shaped by the emerging germ theory of disease and the ascent of bacteriology as a discipline through the closing decades of the 19th century.
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, Patton led a bacteriology and serology laboratory before going on to write for the New York Courier.
—Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 31 May 2023
Gillem Robinet earned a doctorate in bacteriology and biology, and another one in immunology, her daughter explained.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
Ben: My major was bacteriology.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021
People that have experience with epidemiology, virology, veterinary medicine, anything with microbiology, bacteriology, bioinformatics, molecular epidemiology, serological epidemiology, biosafety, biosecurity, environmental science, social science — a large number of disciplines.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 27 Aug. 2021
Planning to enter his father’s profession, Harry studied bacteriology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before changing his mind and transferring to the North Carolina State University College of Design, in Raleigh.
—Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
Later, we’ll be joined by Betül Kaçar, an assistant professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
According to Cotton, his surgical bacteriology cured 85% of his patients of psychiatric illness.
—Richard J. McNally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
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Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Through the ‘60s and ‘70s, Patton led a bacteriology and serology laboratory before going on to write for the New York Courier.
—Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 31 May 2023
Gillem Robinet earned a doctorate in bacteriology and biology, and another one in immunology, her daughter explained.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
Ben: My major was bacteriology.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2021
People that have experience with epidemiology, virology, veterinary medicine, anything with microbiology, bacteriology, bioinformatics, molecular epidemiology, serological epidemiology, biosafety, biosecurity, environmental science, social science — a large number of disciplines.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 27 Aug. 2021
Planning to enter his father’s profession, Harry studied bacteriology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before changing his mind and transferring to the North Carolina State University College of Design, in Raleigh.
—Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
Later, we’ll be joined by Betül Kaçar, an assistant professor of bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
—Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
According to Cotton, his surgical bacteriology cured 85% of his patients of psychiatric illness.
—Richard J. McNally, WSJ, 13 May 2022
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bacteriology
noun
bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(ˌ)bak-ˌtir-ē-ˈäl-ə-jē
1
: a science that deals with bacteria and their relations to medicine, industry, and agriculture
2
: bacterial life, facts, and events of scientific interest
Medical Definition
bacteriology
noun
bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy
(ˌ)bak-ˌtir-ē-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural bacteriologies
1
: a science that deals with bacteria and their relations to medicine, industry, and agriculture
2
: bacterial life and phenomena
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