microbiology (redirected from Industrial microbiology)

mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gy  (mkr-b-l-j)

n.

The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms and their effects on other living organisms.

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micro·bio·logi·cal (-b-lj-kl), micro·bio·logic adj.

micro·bio·logi·cal·ly adv.

micro·bi·olo·gist n.

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microbiology [ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the branch of biology involving the study of microorganisms

microbiological  [ˌmaɪkrəʊˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl], microbiologic adj

microbiologically  adv

microbiologist  n

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microbiology  (mkr-b-l-j)

The scientific study of microorganisms.

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microbiology

the branch of biology that studies microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and pathogenic protozoa. — microbiologist, n.

See also: Bacteria

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

microbiology - the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans bacteria, bacterium - (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms colony - (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell prion - (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system virino - (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins exacting, fastidious - having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures; "fastidious microorganisms"; "certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements" unfastidious - not exacting in nutritional requirements

Translations

microbiology [ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ] N → microbiología f

microbiology [ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒi] n → microbiologie f

microbiology [ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ] n → microbiologia