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One who studies minute organisms
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microbiologist
Word definitions for microbiologist in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Microbiology \Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gy\, n. [See Microbe ; -logy .] The branch of biology studying minute organisms, or microbes, such as the bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al , a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist , n.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes or works in the field of microbiology . Microbiologists investigate the growth and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria , algae , fungi , ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a specialist in microbiology
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A scientist whose speciality is microbiology.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1882, from microbiology + -ist .
Usage examples of microbiologist.
In 1991, a USDA microbiologist and leading authority on Campylobacter found the bacteria present in 98 percent of store-bought chickens.
Most of the speakers at conferences such as this were microbiologists and pharmacologists, experts in the research and manufacture of drugs.
By the time Chris was through, he had hired six fulltime class-A researcherstwo pharmacologists plus a medicinal chemist, a microbiologist, a protein chemist, and a geneticist.
Those messages were duly forwarded to a dozen more phycologists and microbiologists around the world, several of whom asked her to send the digitized photos of the specimens.
Any bacterium that thrives in a lab is by definition exceptional, and yet these were, almost exclusively, the organisms studied by microbiologists.
Created by microbiologist John Vetterly, QD is described as an artificial form of life that in turn was capable of producing a disease strain that was and still is quite unknown.
One of the strictest dictums of her profession as a microbiologist was a strict limitation of genetic manipulation.