Martinus Beijerinck
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Wageningen University Delft School of Microbiology (founder) |
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (Dutch pronunciation:
Life
Early life and education
Born in
At the time, Delft, then a
In 1877, he wrote his first notable research paper, discussing plant galls. The paper later became the basis for his doctoral dissertation.[2]
In 1885 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3]
Scientific career
He is considered one of the founders of
His results were in accordance with the similar observation made by
Beijerinck discovered the phenomenon of bacterial
Beijerinck invented the
Personal life
Beijerinck was a socially eccentric figure. He was verbally abusive to students, never married, and had few professional collaborations. He was also known for his
Recognition
Beijerinckia (a genus of bacteria),[16] Beijerinckiaceae (a family of Hyphomicrobiales), and Beijerinck crater are named after him.
The
See also
References
- American Society For Microbiology: 539––543. Archived from the original(PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- PMID 10212948.
- ^ "Martinus Willem Beijerinck (1851 - 1931)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- PMID 1629947.
- S2CID 23685370.
- ISBN 978-981-02-1313-8. Archived from the original(PDF) on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ISBN 0-7876-6540-1.
Beijerinck asserted that the virus was liquid, but this theory was later disproved by Wendell Stanley, who demonstrated the particulate nature of viruses. Beijerinck, nevertheless, set the stage for twentieth-century virologists to uncover the secrets of viral pathogens now known to cause a wide range of plant and animal (including human) diseases
- ^ Beijerinck, M. W. (1898). "Über ein Contagium vivum fluidum als Ursache der Fleckenkrankheit der Tabaksblätter" (PDF). Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam (in German). 65: 1–22. Translated into English in Johnson, J., Ed. (1942) Phytopathological classics. (St. Paul, Minnesota: American Phytopathological Society) No. 7, pp. 33–52 (St. Paul, Minnesota)
- ^ Iwanowski, D. (1892). "Über die Mosaikkrankheit der Tabakspflanze". Bulletin Scientifique Publié Par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. Nouvelle Série III (in German and Russian). 35. St. Petersburg: 67–70. Translated into English in Johnson, J., Ed. (1942) Phytopathological classics (St. Paul, Minnesota: American Phytopathological Society) No. 7, pp. 27–-30.
- ISBN 9780226120256. Archivedfrom the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Beijerinck, M.W, 1901, Über oligonitrophile Mikroben, Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II, Vol 7, pp. 561–582
- ^ Jean, Euzeby. "Genus Desulfovibrio". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- PMID 16584487.
- ^ Bass-Becking, Lourens G.M. (1934). "Geobiologie of inleiding tot de milieukunde". The Hague: W.P. Van Stockum & Zoon.
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(help) - ^ Geertje Dekkers (24 March 2020). "De man die het virus bedacht" (in Dutch).
- ISBN 9781118960608. Archivedfrom the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.