Homage to Ferdinand J. Cohn, Driving Force in the Emergence of Modern Microbiology

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dc.contributor.authorGest, Howard
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-13T18:36:55Z
dc.date.available2010-01-13T18:36:55Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-13
dc.description.abstractThis essay reviews the life and career of German scientist Ferdinand Cohn (1828-1898). A botanist by training, Cohn was a major force in establishing bacteriology/microbiology as a scientific discipline. He was a mentor of bacteriologist Robert Koch (Nobel Laureate 1905) and had significant interactions with Charles Darwin. Cohn was important in demolishing the erroneous idea of “spontaneous generation” of living organisms and was a pioneer in advancing concepts of microbial taxonomy.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/6676
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectRobert Koch
dc.subjectanthrax
dc.subjectbacterial spores
dc.subjectspontaneous generation of living organisms
dc.subjectCharles Darwin
dc.subjectBacillus subtilis
dc.subjectbacterial taxonomy
dc.subjectdevelopmental microbiology
dc.subjectJoel Mandelstam
dc.subjectFerdinand Cohn
dc.titleHomage to Ferdinand J. Cohn, Driving Force in the Emergence of Modern Microbiology
dc.typeArticle

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