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microbiologyMikrobiologie (ger.)

  • The branch of science that deals with microorganisms. Also (chiefly with distinguishing word): the study of the microorganisms associated with a particular disease, habitat, etc. (OED 2012)
    bacterium
    1880
    micro-biology
    [Lapham, W.G.] (1880). [The Relation of Medium-Power Objectives to Micro-Biology]. Meeting of the American Society of Microscopists at Detroit. Science 13, 160.
    1888
    There was great reason for creating in the Faculty of Sciences the chair of Microbiology, although that science was only born yesterday, and changes from day to day
    Janet, P. (1888). The teaching of psychology. The Popular Science Monthly 33, 332-345: 341.
    1889
    microbiology
    Anonymus (1889). Health Matters: The Pasteur Institute. Science 13, 87.
    1982

    microbiology The study of microorganisms.

    Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 153.