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Fields of Microbiology

• Bacteriology – bacteria

• Phycology – algae (phyco, “seaweed”)
• Mycology – fungi (myco, “a fungus”)

• Protozoology – protozoa

• Parasitology – parasites
• Virology – viruses

• Microbiology has an impact on medicine, agriculture, food science, ecology,

genetics, biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology and many other fields

– Microbial taxonomy: classification of microorganisms

– Epidemiology: frequency and distribution of diseases

– Etiology: causes of diseases
– Environmental microbiology

– Food microbiology
– Industrial microbiology

– etc.