bacteriology

[ bak-teer-ee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. a branch of microbiology dealing with the identification, study, and cultivation of bacteria and with their applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and biotechnology.

bacteriology

/ bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ; bækˌtɪərɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria

bacteriology

/ băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē /

1. The scientific study of bacteria, especially bacteria that cause disease.

Derived Forms

• bacˌteriˈologist, noun
• bacteriological, adjective
• bacˌterioˈlogically, adverb

Other Words From

• bac·te·ri·o·log·i·cal [bak-teer-ee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], bac·teri·o·logic adjective
• bac·teri·o·logi·cal·ly adverb
• bac·teri·olo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bacteriology¹

First recorded in 1880–85; bacterio- + -logy

Example Sentences

"Heteroresistance is common and we have shown that it occurs for at least ten different classes of antibiotics. In a patient carrying heteroresistant bacteria and undergoing treatment with antibiotics, the mortality rate and risk of requiring transfer to an intensive care unit are higher compared to susceptible bacteria. Therefore, if heteroresistance is a stepping stone towards resistance, we need to have much better control of its occurrence and effects," explains Dan I. Andersson, Professor of Medical Bacteriology at Uppsala University and lead researcher behind the study.

From Science Daily

Co-authors also included bacteriology professor Federico E. Rey and senior scientist Eugenio I. Vivas, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Jan S. Suchodolski, associate director of research and head of microbiome sciences in veterinary medicine and biomedical sciences at Texas A&M University.

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The study "TamAB is regulated by PhoPQ and functions in outer membrane homeostasis during Salmonella pathogenesis" was published in the Journal of Bacteriology.

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"To my knowledge, it's one of the first times you can make two valuable products simultaneously in one microbe," says Tim Donohue, UW-Madison professor of bacteriology and director of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.

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"The origin of life really is a something-from-nothing process," says Betül Kaçar, a NASA-supported astrobiologist and UW-Madison professor of bacteriology.

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