Definition of microbiology Microbiology

/majˌkɹowbajˌɑˈlʌʤi/ - [maykrowbayalujee] - mi•cro•bi•ol•o•gy

We found 5 definitions of microbiology from 5 different sources.

What does microbiology mean?

Plural: microbiologies

microbiology - the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans

biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms

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microbiology (Noun)
The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.

microbiology
The science and study of microorganisms, including protozoans, algae, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and rickettsiae.\n(Source: MGH)

Microbiology - (Greek μικρός, mikrós, „tiny“, βίος, bíos, „life“ and λόγος, lógos, „science“) science in the composition of biology, which is occupied by the study of microorganisms (bacterium, (archaebacteria), microscopic fungi, protozoa and of alga,frequently and by viruses). Into the field of the interests of microbiology enter their systematics, morphology, physiology, biochemistry, evolution, role in the ecosystems

and also the possibility of practical use. Bacteriology is a division of microbiology.

also micro biology contains viruses fungi and bacterea

History.

In 1665 Robbert Hooke saw that cork was made up little cubes that he named cells. Later Anton van Leeuwenhoek made the important connection that cells are living things when he saw through his early microscope small one celled organisms. Later Christian Ehrenberg found that protista or bacteria were different kinds of cells. In the late part of the 1800s Martinus Beijerinck showed that there were small particles called viruses. Another important change in the study of microrganism has come from the discovery of DNA and RNA, because now it is possible to change the inside of a cell without killing it using a vector. One of the most recent discoveries that has changed the study of microbiology is the discovery of transposons or jumping genes. Another one is the discovery of animal genes in the cells.