Disciplines and Occupations

Bacteriology

The study of the structure, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of bacteria, and BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.

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The study of the structure, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of bacteria, and BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.

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11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for biological processes and properties of bacteria

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.540w.177w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Bacteriology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001432. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001432
  2. Bacteriology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriology
  3. Bacteriology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243748