microbiologist

From micro- + biologist.

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microbiologist (plural microbiologists)

2. A biologist whose speciality is microbiology.
   • 2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     On a tour of the cavernous and gleaming BrewDog plant in Ellon, just north of Aberdeen, Dickie happily batted around terminology – IBU, ABV, pH, haze, present gravity, headspace oxygen – with PhD-level microbiologists working in the lab.

   • 2019 October 7, Sandee LaMotte, “The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     No, because we obsessively clean it (or use paper coverings at work), said microbiologist Charles Gerba, a professor of public health, environmental science and immunology at the University of Arizona.

• bacteriologist

Borrowed from French microbiologiste.

microbiologist m (plural microbiologiști)

1. microbiologist