Bacteriology

Bacteriology is the study of bacteria. This subdivision of microbiology involves the identification, classification, and characterization of bacterial species.[1] A person who studies bacteriology is a bacteriologist.

Bacteriology and microbiology

Because of the similarity of thinking and working with microorganisms other than bacteria, such as protozoa, fungi, and viruses, there has been a tendency for the field of bacteriology to extend as microbiology.[2] The terms were formerly often used interchangeably.[3] However, bacteriology can be classified as a distinct science.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wassenaar, T. M.. "Bacteriology: the study of bacteria". www.mmgc.eu. http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/cms/bacteria/bacteriology-the-study-of-bacteria.html. Retrieved 18 June 2011. 
  2. ^ Ward J. MacNeal; Herbert Upham Williams (1914). Pathogenic micro-organisms; a text-book of microbiology for physicians and students of medicine. P. Blakiston's sons & co.. pp. 1–. http://books.google.com/books?id=ijQRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1. Retrieved 18 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Jeanne Stove Poindexter (30 November 1986). Methods and special applications in bacterial ecology. Springer. p. 87. ISBN 9780306423468. http://books.google.com/books?id=BYGRgeBChYYC&pg=PA87. Retrieved 18 June 2011.