Sunday, December 11, 2016

Important Personalities in Microbiology

From the Ancient times the most stated person in microbiology science is Hippocrates. He thought that infective disease are coming from clouds which are emerging from the ground.
During the Renaissance era epidemic had spread to variola, syphilis and other diseases and the first who determined that these epidermis are coming from something alive was G. Francastorius.
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch tradesman and scientist. He is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first microbiologist.
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.

Robert Heinrich Herman Koch was a celebrated German physician and pioneering microbiologist. As the founder of modern bacteriology, he is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax and for giving experimental support for the concept of infectious disease.

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Russian zoologist best known for his pioneering research into the immune system.         

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