bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy

(băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)

The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.

bac·te′ri·o·log′ic (-ə-lŏj′ĭk), bac·te′ri·o·log′i·cal adj.

bac·te′ri·o·log′i·cal·ly adv.

bac·te′ri·ol′o·gist n.

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bacteriology

(bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ)

(Microbiology) the branch of science concerned with the study of bacteria

bacteriological, bacteriologic adj

bacˌterioˈlogically adv

bacˌteriˈologist n

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bac•te•ri•ol•o•gy

(bækˌtɪər iˈɒl ə dʒi)

n.

a branch of microbiology dealing with bacteria.

[1880–85]

bac•te`ri•o•log′i•cal (-əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) adj.

bac•te`ri•o•log′i•cal•ly, adv.

bac•te`ri•ol′o•gist, n.

bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy

(băk-tîr′ē-ŏl′ə-jē)

The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease.

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bacteriology

the branch of biology that studies and classifies bacteria. — bacteriologist, n. — bacteriologic, bacteriological, adj.

bacteriology

[bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ] N → bacteriología f

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bacteriology

[bækˌtɪəriˈɒlədʒi] n → bactériologie f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bacteriology

n → Bakteriologie f

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bacteriology

[bækˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ] n → batteriologia

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bacteria

(bakˈtiəriə) – singular bacˈterium (-əm) – noun plural

organisms not able to be seen except under a microscope, found in rotting matter, in air, in soil and in living bodies, some being the germs of disease. a throat infection caused by bacteria.

bacˌteriˈology (-ˈolədʒi) noun

the study of bacteria.

bacˌterioˈlogical (ˈlo-) adjective

bacˌteriˈologist noun

bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy

n. bacteriología, ciencia que estudia las bacterias.

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Bergey et al., however, chose in 1923 to instead recognize the host animal in the first edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology and listed the bacterium as Mycobacterium chelonei.

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