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Because he was influenced by Matthias Schleiden’s cell theory and Hugo von Mohl’s description of protoplasm in plant cells, he began to focus on lower plants----microscopic organisms. His tedious observations on the unicellular algae Protococcus pulvialis led to his early fame.
Nov 1, 2005 · Koch was interested in understanding human disease but mainly focused his investigations on deciphering the basic rules for a unifying theory of medical bacteriology.
- Stefan H E Kaufmann, Florian Winau
- 2005
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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 12, 2009 · Little was known about microbial physiology in the years in which Darwin developed his theory of natural selection. Taxonomies of microbes existed, however, and these began to grow more systematically with the advent of Ferdinand Cohn's classification scheme
- Maureen A. O’Malley
- 2009
Jan 9, 2006 · The discovery of sexuality and development in microorganisms and Darwin's theory of evolution contributed to the founding of microbiology as a science. 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 ...
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May 29, 2024 · Ferdinand J. Cohn contributes to the founding of the science of bacteriology. In the publication Ueber Bakterien, he discusses the role of microorganisms in the cycling of elements in nature. In 1875, Cohn will publish an early classification of bacteria, using the genus name, Bacillus, for the first time. References: 1. Cohn, F. 1872.
