The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bacteriology \Bac*te"ri*ol`o*gy\, n. [Bacterium + -logy.] (Biol.) The branch of microbiology relating to bacteria. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bacteriology n 1: the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease