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Date1877
AuthorTyndall
ContributionReported that bacteria must have a heat-resistant form.
ReferenceBrock
NotesTyndall had read this paper to the Royal Society in the previous year (1876). The discovery that some bacteria have a heat-resistant form was of enormous importance to bacteriology. Tyndall was a strong supporter of the work of Koch.
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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