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Bacteriology [r]: The branch of microbiology concerned with the study, use, and control of bacteria ^[e]
Biochemistry [r]: The chemistry of living things; a field of both biology and chemistry. ^[e]
Cells [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. ^[e]
Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. ^[e]
Microbiologist [r]: Add brief definition or description
Microbiology [r]: The study of microorganisms (overlapping with areas of virology, bacteriology, mycology, and parasitology). ^[e]
Microorganism [r]: A 'germ', an organism that is too small to be seen individually with the naked eye. ^[e]

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Anthrax [r]: A naturally occurring disease, caused by Bacillus anthracis, which has been weaponized as a biological weapon and also in bioterrorism ^[e]
Bubonic plague [r]: Add brief definition or description
Infectious disease [r]: In broad terms, diseases caused by living organisms; also a subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the treatment of such diseases ^[e]
Listeria [r]: Add brief definition or description
Louis Pasteur [r]: (1822 - 1895) Disproved abiogenesis, the theory of spontaneous generation of microbes. ^[e]
Lyme disease [r]: Emerging infection transmitted by the bite of ticks carrying the spirochete bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. ^[e]
Pathogenic bacteria [r]: Add brief definition or description
Pneumonia [r]: Inflammation of the lungs. ^[e]
Syphilis [r]: Chronic infectious disease caused by a spirochete Treponema pallidum, either transmitted by direct contact, usually in sexual intercourse, or passed from mother to child in utero. ^[e]
Tetanus [r]: Acute, often fatal disease characterized by spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and jaw, and caused by the toxin of the bacillus Clostridium tetani. ^[e]
Tuberculosis [r]: Infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body. ^[e]
Typhoid fever [r]: An acute systemic, febrile infection caused by Salmonella typhi, a serotype of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, spread by fecal-oral contamination, best prevented by water treatment ^[e]
Virulence [r]: The degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microorganisms or viruses as indicated by case fatality rates and/or the ability of the organism to invade the tissues of the host (Medical Subject Headings) ^[e]

Phototroph [r]: Add brief definition or description

Lithotroph [r]: Add brief definition or description

Organotroph [r]: Add brief definition or description

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