English > bacteriologist: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A biologist who studies bacteria. |
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| Instances | Bruce, David Bruce, Sir David Bruce | Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931) |
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| Ehrlich, Paul Ehrlich | German bacteriologist who found a 'magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915) |
| Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming | Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955) |
| Gram, Hans C. J. Gram | Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938) |
| Koch, Robert Koch | German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910) |
| Metchnikoff, Elie Metchnikoff, Metchnikov, Elie Metchnikov, Ilya Ilich Metchnikov | Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916) |
| Noguchi, Hideyo Noguchi | United States bacteriologist (born in Japan) who discovered the cause of yellow fever and syphilis (1876-1928) |
| Reiter, Hans Conrad Julius Reiter | German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969) |
| Wassermann, August von Wassermann | German bacteriologist who developed a diagnostic test for syphilis (1866-1925) |
| Yersin, Alexandre Yersin, Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin | French bacteriologist born in Switzerland |
| Zinsser, Hans Zinsser | United States bacteriologist who helped develop immunization against typhus fever (1878-1940) |
| Broader | biologist, life scientist | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms |
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| Spanish | bacteriólogo |
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| Catalan | bacteriòleg, bacteriólogo |
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| Nouns | bacteriology | the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease |
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