bacteriological

Concerning microscopic organisms

Bacteriological means relating to bacteriology—the scientific study of bacteria.

The term appears in contexts involving research, testing, or warfare: bacteriological analysis, bacteriological weapons.

It describes methods, equipment, or findings concerned with bacterial organisms: The lab conducted bacteriological tests on the water supply.

microbes

prokaryotes

Organisms without membrane-bound nuclei

  • coloniesTerritories under foreign control
  • culturesCollective human practices
  • biofilmsSurface-attached microbial communities

microflora · pathogens · plasmids · aerobic · anaerobic · thermophilic · bacilli · cocci · spirochetes · cyanobacteria

clinical

diagnosis

Identification of illness

immunology · epidemiology · prophylaxis · quarantine · sanitation · hygiene · sepsis · asepsis · incubation · contagion

disease

plague

Deadly epidemic disease

typhoid · leprosy · diphtheria · pertussis · tetanus · botulism · salmonellosis · shigellosis · brucellosis · legionnaires

laboratory

incubator

Controlled warming enclosure

centrifuge · pipette · sterilization · biohazard · filtration · spectrophotometer · gloves · staining

warfare

bioweapon

Pathogen deployed as armament

aerosol · spores · contamination · detection · defense · treaty · Geneva · stockpile · dispersal · decontamination

Opposites
pathogen type

bacteriologicalviral

Spreading quickly online

virological · fungal · mycological · protozoal · parasitic

weapon/agent category

bacteriologicalchemical

Substance with defined composition

nuclear · radiological · toxicological · conventional · physical

Family

bacteria, bacterium, bacterial, antibacterial, probiotic, probiotics, bactericidal, bacteriology, bacterial infection

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