What is microbiology?
Things aren’t always the way they seem. On the face of it,
‘microbiology’ should be an easy word to define: the science (logos) of small (micro) life (bios), or to
put it another way, the study of living things so small that they cannot be
seen with the naked eye. Bacteria neatly fit this definition, but what about
fungi and algae? These two groups each contain members that are far from
microscopic. On the other hand, certain animals, such as nematode worms, can be
microscopic, yet are not considered to be the domain of the microbiologist.
Viruses represent another special case; they are most certainly microscopic
(indeed, most are submicroscopic), but by most accepted definitions they are
not living. Nevertheless, these too fall within the remit of the
microbiologist.
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