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Martinus Beijerinck
Born16 March 1851 (1851-03-16)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died1 January 1931 (1931-02) (aged 79)
Gorssel, Netherlands
Alma materLeiden University
Known forOne of the founders of virology, environmental microbiology and general microbiology
Conceptual discovery of virus (tobacco mosaic virus)
Enrichment culture
Biological nitrogen fixation
Sulfate-reducing bacteria
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
Azotobacter (Azotobacter chroococcum)
Rhizobium
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (Spirillum desulfuricans)
AwardsLeeuwenhoek Medal (1905)
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology
InstitutionsWageningen University
Delft School of Microbiology (founder)
The Laboratory of Microbiology in Delft, where Beijerinck worked from 1897 to 1921.

Martinus Willem Beijerinck (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈtinʏs ˈʋɪləm ˈbɛiərɪŋk], 16 March 1851 – 1 January 1931) 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".

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Virology

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causative agent of tobacco mosaic disease (TMV) as a novel pathogen by Martinus Beijerinck (1898) is now acknowledged as being the official beginning of the...

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Delft

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thanks to the pioneering contributions of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Martinus Beijerinck, Delft can be considered to be the birthplace of microbiology. The...

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Martinus

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director Flavius Martinus, vicarius (governor) of the Roman provinces of Britain Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist Martinus von Biberach (died...

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Virus

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tobacco plants and the discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898, more than 11,000 of the millions of virus species have been...

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Contagium vivum fluidum

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ceramic filters then available, giving it almost liquid properties. Martinus Beijerinck (1851–1931), a Dutch microbiologist and botanist, first used the...

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Enrichment culture

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used for soil and fecal samples. The microbiologist (and botanist) Martinus Beijerinck is credited with developing the first enrichment cultures.Sergei...

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Microbiology

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century and the work of Martinus Beijerinck and Sergei Winogradsky that the true breadth of microbiology was revealed. Beijerinck made two major contributions...

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History of virology

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infectious to healthy tobacco plants despite having been filtered. Martinus Beijerinck called the filtered, infectious substance a "virus" and this discovery...

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Azotobacter

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discovered and described in 1901 by Dutch microbiologist and botanist Martinus Beijerinck. Azotobacter species are Gram-negative bacteria found in neutral...

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Delft University of Technology

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established by Gerrit van Iterson Jr., TU Delft graduate and assistant to Martinus Beijerinck. Gerrit van Iterson Jr. was the first director of the garden until...

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Viroid

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microorganisms) and in 1892–1898 by Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovsky and Martinus Beijerinck (of the "submicroscopic" viruses). The unique properties of viroids...

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Disk diffusion test

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antibacterial mechanism of action. Agar diffusion was first used by Martinus Beijerinck in 1889 to study the effect of auxins on bacterial growth. However...

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Gorssel

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2015, it had a population of 4,043. The microbiologist and botanist Martinus Beijerinck lived in Gorssel for the last part of his life, and died there in...

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Chlorella

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efficient crops such as sugar cane. Chlorella was first described by Martinus Beijerinck in 1890. Since then, over a hundred taxa have been described within...

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Anaerobic organism

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due to consumption of oxygen by aerobic microorganisms. In 1913, Martinus Beijerinck repeated Van Leeuwenhoek's experiment and identified Clostridium...

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Thiobacillus denitrificans

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Gram-negative, obligate chemolithoautotroph. It was originally discovered by Martinus Beijerinck in 1904. T. denitrificans is particularly notable for its ability...

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Rhizobium

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typical example. Rhizobium is also capable of solubilizing phosphate. Martinus Beijerinck was the first to isolate and cultivate a microorganism from the nodules...

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Timeline of biology and organic chemistry

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the hereditary information necessary to form an individual. 1898 – Martinus Beijerinck used filtering experiments to show that tobacco mosaic disease is...

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Beijerinck Virology Prize

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institute. The prize is named in honor of the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. KNAW appoints an advisory committee which gives advice to KNAW...

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Tobacco mosaic virus

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Chamberland filters and to be detected in the light microscope. In 1898, Martinus Beijerinck independently replicated Ivanovsky's filtration experiments and then...

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Soil

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German agronomist Hermann Hellriegel and the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Beijerinck. Crop rotation, mechanisation, chemical and natural fertilisers led...

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Adolf Mayer

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and Martinus Beijerinck in 1898, who showed that the infectious agent of the tobacco mosaic disease was in fact infilterable. Martinus Beijerinck coined...

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Thiobacillus

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"species" have been named in this genus since it was defined by Martinus Beijerinck in 1904, (the first strain was observed by the biological oceanographer...

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Tibicos

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exactly. The grains called ginger beer plant, which according to Martinus Beijerinck were brought by the British soldiers while returning to their country...

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Pathogen

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Southeast Asia, and the tobacco mosaic virus which caused scientist Martinus Beijerinck to coin the term "virus" in 1898. Bacterial plant pathogens cause...

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Aerobiology

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Due to the high quantities of microbes and the ease of dispersion, Martinus Beijerinck once said "Everything is everywhere, the environment selects". This...

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Acetobacter aceti

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into vinegar in the presence of oxygen. In the late 19th century, Martinus Beijerinck (Dutch microbiologist) isolated various bacteria involved in vinegar...

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