| Qualifier English: | microbiology | ||||
| Qualifier Spanish: | microbiología 
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| Qualifier Portuguese: | microbiologia | ||||
| Qualifier French: | microbiologie | ||||
| Entry term(s): | bacteria fungi | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000382 | ||||
| Scope note: | Used with organs, animals, and higher plants and with diseases for microbiologic studies. For parasites, "parasitology" is used; for viruses, "virology" is used. | ||||
| Annotation: | subhead only; see also /parasitology & /virology; for ability of organisms to cause disease use /pathogenicity; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.46; DF: /microbiol or /MI | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/MI or MI (SH) or SUBS APPLY MI | ||||
| History Note: | 67; used with Category A & C 1967-74; A, B1-2, B6, C & F3 1975-86; A, B1-2, B6, C, F3 & INFANT, NEWBORN+; A, B1-2, B6, C & F3 1990 forward | ||||
| Entry Version: | MICROBIOL | ||||
| Abbreviation: | MI | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 22046 | ||||
| Unique ID: | Q000382 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1967/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2015/07/01 | 
                        
                                                                    
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                | Concept UI | M0030588 | 
| Scope note | Used with organs, animals, and higher plants and with diseases for microbiologic studies. For parasites, "parasitology" is used; for viruses, "virology" is used. | 
| Preferred term | microbiology | 
| Concept UI | M0030593 | 
| Preferred term | fungi | 
| Concept UI | M0030592 | 
| Preferred term | bacteria | 
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