fields of microbiology
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- mycology
- fungi
- public health microbiology
- sewage treatment, water purification, and control of insect pests
- infection control
- hygiene in health care settings and control of nosocomial diseases
- etiology
- cause of disease
- protozoology
- protozoa
- chemotherapy
- development and use of drugs to treat infectious diseases
- environmental microbiology
- relationships between microbes, and among microbes, other organisms and their environment
- bacteriology
- bacteria and archaea
- epidemiology
- frequency, distribution, and spread of disease
- microbial metabolism
- biochemisty: chemical reactions within cells
- serology
- antibodies in blood serum, particularly as an indicator of infection
- microbial genetics
- functions of DNA and RNA
- virology
- viruses
- immunology
- body's defenses against specific diseases
- bioremediation
- use of microbes to remove pollutants
- parasitology
- parasitic protozoa and parasitic animals
- phycology
- algae