bacteriologist
Americannoun
Explanation
A bacteriologist is like a detective for germs, studying and investigating bacteria to understand how they help or harm us. A bacteriologist is a scientist who observes and researches bacteria to learn how they live, grow, and interact with their environments. Bacteriologists play a crucial role in medicine by using their knowledge of these special microorganisms to help develop antibiotics and vaccines, and they also work in fields like agriculture and environmental science. Their work helps us understand and manage bacteria to keep us healthy and safe.
Example Sentences
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In 1932, a German pathologist and bacteriologist, Gerhard Domagk, discovered that a chemical called prontosil protected against bacterial infections in mice.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2022
But it’s still unclear whether SeqCode will take hold, says Iain Sutcliffe, a bacteriologist at Northumbria University who also helped develop the alternative.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 19, 2022
No bacteriologist had ever encountered what Stolp was now seeing: a dedicated, active and refined killer.
From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2022
A half century later, British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith was perhaps the first person to show that hereditary information could be transferred from one cell to another “horizontally,” rather than by descent.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Transformation was discovered by an English bacteriologist named Frederick Griffith.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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