The process of subjecting something to the action of bacteria, or treating with bacteria or bacterial products.
From bacterium + -ization (process suffix). A technical term from microbiology developed in the early 1900s as scientists actively used bacteria in treatments and research.
Soil bacterization—inoculating soil with beneficial bacteria—can super-charge plant growth, which is why agricultural scientists are basically farming bacteria as tiny invisible farmhands!
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