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Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (born 1851)
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Martinus Beijerinck
Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931)
Martinus Willem Beijerinck was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the co-discovery of viruses (1898), which he called "contagium vivum fluidum".Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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