Usage Note
Microbiológico is a scientific adjective applied to analyses, research, and processes in microbiology — análisis microbiológico (microbiological analysis), riesgo microbiológico (microbiological risk). The related noun is microbiología and the specialist is a microbiólogo or microbióloga. The word is used consistently in both Spain and Latin America in technical and regulatory contexts.
Examples
"El laboratorio realiza análisis microbiológicos del agua."
Natural Translation
The laboratory carries out microbiological analyses of the water.

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