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Date1884
AuthorMetchnikoff
Contributiona. Reported phagocytosis in Daphnia.
ReferenceBibel
NotesSaw that fungal cells were actively eaten by white cells, which were thus part of the (non-immune) defense system. Later developed concept of cellular immunity. Bibel gives English translation of the paper; notes introduction of term "phagocytes." See English translation in Brock 1961.
CategoryImmunology
Pathogen ClassFungi

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