microbiologist:
(plural: ‘microbiologists‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘g’ rhymes with the letter ‘j’ in “judge” — ‘micro’…’biologist’)
‘micro’ = very small, things that are seen with a microscope; ‘microbiology’ = the branch of biological science, that deals with very very small living things, organisms, and how they effect other living beings
a specialist/an expert/a scientist in microbiology,
a microbiologist studying some micro-organisms through a microscope
e.g.
As a microbiologist Jane takes extreme care not to touch the specimens with her bare hands or leave the specimen trays lying around her laboratory.
After hospitals, food industry is the best place for microbiologists to find lucrative jobs.
Though most microbiologists work in comfortable laboratories or offices, there are some microbiologists that go on field trips to some of the dirtiest and most contaminated areas to collect samples/specimens to study in their labs.
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Note: A ‘biologist’ is a scientist who studies all the living beings (living organisms) in general, and a ‘zoologist’ is a scientist who studies animals in general. For an article about what a biologist is, please click here, and for an article about what a zoologist is, please click here.
