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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
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
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Nov 1, 2005 · Some of them became famous scientists in their own right, such as Georg Gaffky (1850–1918), a codiscoverer of the cholera bacillus 19, and Friedrich Loeffler (1852–1915), discoverer of the ...
- 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.
ON June 25 last the career of one of the great botanists of the latter half of this century was brought to a close. During the span of a long life of seventy years Ferdinand Cohn has devoted his ...
Sep 13, 2023 · Thus, Pasteur dealt the death blow to the theory of spontaneous generation and supported germ theory instead. Figure: Louis Pasteur: The famous scientist Louis Pasteur, one of the founders of microbiology. Ferdinand Julius Cohn (January 24, 1828 – June 25, 1898) was a German biologist.
Aug 1, 2000 · 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...
