Etymology

bacteriography

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Today it means: The art of creating pictures by growing bacteria and using a light mask to selectively sterilize regions. Full definition →

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The story

From bacterio- + -graphy. From forming pictures out of bacteria. Coined by Zachary Copfer, who invented the process.

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