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bacteriologist

/bækˈtɪriˌɑlədʒist/
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Other forms: bacteriologists

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.

Definitions of bacteriologist
  1. noun
    a biologist who studies bacteria
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    examples:
    Sir David Bruce
    Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)
    Paul Ehrlich
    German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915)
    Sir Alexander Fleming
    Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
    Hans C. J. Gram
    Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
    Robert Koch
    German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
    Ilya Ilich Metchnikov
    Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916)
    Hideyo Noguchi
    United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928)
    Hans Conrad Julius Reiter
    German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969)
    August von Wassermann
    German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925)
    Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
    French bacteriologist born in Switzerland; was a student of Pasteur; discovered the plague bacillus (1863-1943)
    Hans Zinsser
    United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940)
    type of:
    biologist, life scientist
    (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
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