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small to be seen with the naked eye. This includes eukaryotes (organisms
level of the cell (cell biology and physiology) and at the level of proteins
humans, but also plants and animals, while others are vitally important in
person to describe tiny cells and bacteria, and he invented new methods
for grinding and polishing microscope lenses that allowed for curvatures
at that time. But while van Leeuwenhoek is cited as the first microbiologist,
Pasteur and Robert Koch, who are considered the founders of medical
rabies. Koch is best known for his contributions to the germ theory of
become known as Koch’s postulates. Koch was one of the first scientists
including those for polio and yellow fever; and the birth of molecular
SUBDISCIPLINES OF MICROBIOLOGY
Bacteriology
Environmental Microbiology
This is the study of the function and diversity of microbes in their natural
environments.
Evolutionary Microbiology
Food Microbiology
This is the study of the role of microbes in human illness. It includes the
Microbial Genetics
This is the study of how genes are organized and regulated in microbes in
Microbial Physiology
cell structure.
Mycology
Veterinary Microbiology
This is the study of the role in microbes in veterinary medicine.
Virology