History of Bacteriology

Michael Worboys, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003073

Bacteriology was established in the 1880s, within medicine, and while medical applications have remained dominant, the subject has also developed in relation to agriculture, water pollution, and biotechnologies.

Keywords: bacteriology; history; Robert Koch; microbiology; laboratory science

 Further Reading
    book Baldry PE (1965) The Battle Against Bacteria. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    book Brock TD (1988) Robert Koch: A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology. Madison, WI: SciTech.
    book Bud R (1993) The Uses of Life: A History of Biotechnology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    book Bulloch W (1938) The History of Bacteriology. London: Oxford University Press.
    book Collard P (1976) The Development of Microbiology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
    book Foster WD (1970) A History of Medical Bacteriology and Immunology. London: Heinemann Medical.
    book Geison GL (1995) The Private Science of Louis Pasteur. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
    book Lechevalier HA and Solotorovsky M (1965) Three Centuries of Microbiology. New York: McGraw-Hill.
    book Silverstein M (1989) A History of Immunology. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
    book Worboys M (2000) Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865–1900. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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Worboys, Michael(Apr 2001) History of Bacteriology. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003073]