microbiology
microbiology
Definition
micro·bi·ol·ogy (mī′krō bī äl′ə jē)
noun
the branch of biology that deals with microorganisms
Related Forms:
- microbiological mi′cro·bi′o·log′i·cal (-ə läj′i kəl) adjective or microbiologic mi′cro·bi′o·log′ic
- microbiologist mi′cro·bi·ol′o·gist noun
microbiology
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- apply: Dr. Hilton explains: " Applied microbiology has always been central to our research.
- teach: We aim to teach Microbiology in a style that is both professional and informal.
- include: It mostly contains lists of pages to go too including microbiology, protista, virology pages.
- cover: Online lecture notes covering microbiology, virology and infection and immunity are also available.
Adjective modifier
- molecular: Molecular Microbiology ( 2003 ), 47 in press.
- applied: SIM liases between the various fields of theoretical and applied microbiology through workshops, meetings and publications.
- medical: Sir John's academic background is in medical microbiology, with special interest in mechanisms of infectious disease.
- clinical: He took up clinical microbiology at UCH in 1984.
- veterinary: SGM Council members Colin Howard and Geoffrey Schild argue in ' Comment ' that veterinary microbiology requires a good deal more support.
- oral: In this new edition of ' Oral Microbiology ' the authors ' combine the clinical aspects of oral microbiology with an ecological emphasis.
Modifies a noun
- laboratory: In microbiology laboratories urine samples usually carry the most workload.
- screening: The microbiology screening staff were unaware of the MRSA status of individual patients.
- lab: Managing the microbiology lab, ensuring the food manufactured is safe for customers to eat.
- marker: Documentation of donor's mandatory microbiology marker screening results.
- testing: All assays undertaken within microbiology testing are subject to statistical process control overseen by the NBS quality department.
- unit: Very useful for 2nd year plants & microbiology units.
Noun used with modifier
- transfusion: Investigations can be carried out by the bacteriology section of transfusion microbiology.
- soil: They are only checking levels of insect life and not soil microbiology, or mammal life in the area.
- food: There is very little that is original, or which represents an advance in the teaching of food microbiology.
- reference: This second sample should be sent to the local reference microbiology laboratory for confirmation.
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