• Medical microbiology, also known as '''clinical

microbiology''', is the study of microbes, such as

bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, which
cause human illness and their role in the
disease.
• The microbes and the branch of microbiology
are the most studied due to their great
importance to medicine.
What is the medical definition of bacteriology?

• The science and study of bacteria and their relation to medicine and to
other areas such as agriculture (e.g., farm animals) and industry.

• What is the importance of bacteriology?

The importance of bacteria was recognized as it led to a study of disease
prevention and treatment of diseases by vaccines. Bacteriology has
developed and can be studied in agriculture, marine biology, water
pollution, bacterial genetics and biotechnology.
Bacteriology played an important role in the development of the fields of
molecular biology and genetics.
• Who is the father of bacteriology?
• Louis Pasteur is the father of bacteriology.
Bacteria
SHAPES OF
BACTERIA
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spore
Colonies of Bacillus anthracis on sheep blood agar plate.
Medusa head colonies