noun. The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.

noun. That department of biology which investigates bacteria and other microbes, especially their life-history and agency in disease; the scientific study of bacteria.

noun. The branch of microbiology relating to bacteria.

noun. The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

noun. the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease

"These publications are historical sources for a period which witnessed the transition from a humoral to a biochemical tradition, which was based on laboratorial science and document the important breakthroughs in bacteriology, parasitology and the developments of vaccines in a colonial context"

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