bacteriologist
noun/bækˌtɪəɹiˈɒlədʒɪst/
Etymology From bacterio- + -logist.
1
A microbiologist whose speciality is bacteriology.
- 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera – the cholera germ.'1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus:
- Derived terms
- cyanobacteriologist, enterobacteriologist, mycobacteriologist, phytobacteriologist
- Related terms
- bacteria, bacteriology