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bacteria. endospore. fungus. taxonomy. Ferdinand Cohn (born January 24, 1828, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia [now Wrocław, Poland]—died June 25, 1898, Breslau) was a German naturalist and botanist known for his studies of algae, bacteria, and fungi. He is considered one of the founders of bacteriology.
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Fields. Bacteriology, microbiology. Institutions. University of Breslau. Author abbrev. (botany) Cohn. Ferdinand Julius Cohn (24 January 1828 – 25 June 1898) was a German-Polish biologist. He is one of the founders of modern bacteriology and microbiology .
Overview. Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828-1898) is recognized as one of the founders of modern bacteriology. He contributed to the creation of this discipline in two important ways. First, he invented a new system for classifying bacteria, which provided microbiologists with a more standardized nomenclature with which to work.
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May 23, 2018 · Cohn, Ferdinand Julius (1828-1898) German microbiologist. Ferdinand Cohn, a founder of modern microbiology, became the first to recognize and study bacteriology as a separate science. Cohn developed a system for classifying bacteria and discovered the importance of heat-resistant endospores.
Jul 1, 2000 · Ferdinand Cohn (1828–1898), a pioneer in the developmental biology of lower plants, considerably promoted the taxonomy and physiology of bacteria, discovered the heat-resistant endospores of bacilli, and was active in applied microbiology.
- Gerhart Drews
- 2000
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Ferdinand Cohn . Ferdinand Cohn, (born Jan. 24, 1828, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia—died June 25, 1898, Breslau), German naturalist and botanist, considered one of the founders of bacteriology.
German Botanist and Bacteriologist. F erdinand Julius Cohn, a German botanist, is recognized today as a founder of bacteriology. He was adept at observing and describing the life cycles of microorganisms. This talent led him, in the 1870s, to construct the first classification system for bacteria.
