Microbiology can be broadly classified as : General Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; But the branches of Microbiology as listed below: Bacteriology: the study of bacteria. Mycology: the study of fungi. Protozoology: the study of protozoa. Phycology/algology: the study of algae. Parasitology: the study of parasites. Virology: the study of viruses. read more
Microbiology can be also classified based on taxonomy, in the cases of bacteriology, mycology, protozoology, and phycology. There is considerable overlap between the spec ific branches of microbiology with each other and with other disciplines, and certain aspects of these branches can extend beyond the traditional scope of microbiology. read more
Food microbiology is a important branch as it deals with study of association of micro-organism with food.Micro-organism deal with food in two ways one it can spoil the food and spread the infection or disease.Secondly it can used some substrate and convert into a product that is fermentation. read more