How to Use microbiology in a Sentence

microbiology

noun
  • Agar is and has been a staple of microbiology labs for a century.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • That sourdough starter could now advance the study of microbiology.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 1 May 2020
  • That means a good mulching with a brown mulch to provide the right environment for the correct microbiology.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Tan, an expert in microbiology and immunology, adds that the vaccines didn't come out of thin air.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 20 May 2021
  • That’s a change Carini sees more broadly in the world of microbiology research.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Physics sits at the bottom, with the sciences of chemistry, microbiology and neuroscience stacked above it.
    — Julian Baggini, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The bottom line is training students for a future in water and microbiology.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • As a scientist, Reynolds works in the area of microbiology and genetics.
    — Nicole Blanchard and Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Piero has a microbiology background and reads research papers, talks to doctors and connects researchers with each other to share their findings.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The wastewater samples will be collected at the treatment plants and certain spots along sewer lines, then sent to Smyth and her team at the microbiology lab for testing.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • In general, Reynolds says the microbiology community’s consensus is that the spray can reach around six feet away from the toilet.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Jan. 2018
  • By the mid-nineteenth century, microbiology and brewing had advanced to the point of scientists isolating lager yeast cells.
    — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 14 Sep. 2019
  • In the cold tank, during Fowles’s microbiology trimester, the two had a long talk about communicable diseases and whether a mortician might catch one from a corpse.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Clark is a microbiology lecturer at Emory.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 May 2026
  • In line with the rest of Jack’s portfolio, malt is fermented using custom yeast strains (grown in the brand’s microbiology lab) and distilled via column copper still.
    — Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • By the mid-19th century, microbiology and brewing had advanced to the point of scientists isolating lager yeast cells.
    — Matt Allyn, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Arnold Miller, the teacher of the course, said the curriculum is split in two, with the class first going through microbiology earlier in the year before switching over to forensic science.
    — Junette Reyes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 May 2017
  • All of microbiology becomes as much engineering as science.
    — Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The great Louis Pasteur, father of microbiology, was raised in Arbois and spent much of his adult life studying and experimenting there.
    — Tom Hanscom, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • Baltrus says that Vithanachchi, who has worked in his lab since high school, has grown into one of the university’s top microbiology students and has a promising scientific career ahead of him.
    — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The variant has the ability to evade protection from the vaccine or a previous infection, said Pekosz, a professor of microbiology.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The flu virus is covered in proteins shaped like mushrooms, said Florian Krammer, one of the Sinai researchers and a professor of microbiology.
    — WSJ, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Lucy Foulston, whose background is in molecular microbiology, is leading the effort; Tom Keating, a chemist, is working with her.
    — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Hired in December of 2018, the former San Diego brewer has a doctorate in microbiology and worked for a decade in biotech.
    — Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the microbes in these places could yield novel substances for possible use in medicine, said Paul Jensen, a professor of microbiology at Scripps and science team member on the cruise.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • After college, Justin Catalana had moved back home to Marin County, armed with a yeast microbiology degree and few job prospects during the recession.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Equally important is soil microbiology, treating soil as a living organism, rich with fungi, microbes, and nutrients that sustain everything above ground.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That time in physics and microbiology, everything was suddenly becoming apparent.
    — Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Palacios is a microbiology professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
    — Lauren Dunn, NBC news, 7 May 2026
  • At the time, Otero owned a small microbiology laboratory in Carrizales, in the rural Hatillo province on the northern coast of the island.
    — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 26 Apr. 2018

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