Genera named after personal names
See also Genera named after geographical names, Genera named after institutions, Genera named after mythological figures
The genera named after personal names are cited in the following table.
Genus names |
Personal names |
H. Adlercreutz, a Finnish professor. |
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S. Afif, a British philosopher and painter |
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Nina S. Agre, a Russian microbiologist. |
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Ahrens, a German microbiologist. |
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Antoon Akkermans, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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M. J. Allison, an American microbiologist. |
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Minoru Ameyama, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Valérie Andersen, a French bacteriologist. |
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André R. Prévot, a French bacteriologist. |
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Toshinobu Asai, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Koso Asano, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Peter K.C. Austwick, a New Zealander botanist. |
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Ella M. Barnes, British microbiologist. |
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Dr. A. L. Barton, Peruvian physician. |
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John Bauld, an Australian microbiologist. |
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F. S. Beggiato, a physician of Vicenza. |
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Martinus W. Beijerinck, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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Russell Bell, a Swedish aquatic microbiologist. |
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Jayne Belnap, an American microbiologist. |
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W. Benecke, a German bacteriologist. |
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U. Berger, a German bacteriologist. |
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David H. Bergey, an American bacteriologist. |
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Tom Berman, an aquatic microbial ecologist. |
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Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, an Indian biologist. |
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Ernst L. Biberstein, an American bacteriologist. |
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Magne Bisgaard, a Danish microbiologist. |
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Bartolomeo Bizio, an Italian naturalist. |
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Michael Blaut, a German microbiologist. |
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Jules Bordet, a French microbiologist. |
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A. Borrel, a French scientist. |
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J. C. Bose, the founder of the Bose Institute. |
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John P. Bowman, an Australian microbiologist. |
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Manfred Brack, a German pathologist |
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Sara Branham, an American microbiologist. |
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Don J. Brenner, an American bacteriologist. |
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Thomas Dale Brock, an American microbiologist. |
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Sir Davis Bruce, a Scottish physician. |
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Paul Buchner, a German biologist. |
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Arthur Bulleid, a British oral microbiologist. |
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W. H. Burkholder, an American bacteriologist. |
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René Buttiaux, a French bacteriologist. |
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Sir Aldo Castellani, a British-Italian bacteriologist. |
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Elizabeth P. Cato, a United States microbiologist. |
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Ernst Boris Mikaelovich Chain, a German/British microbiologist. |
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Henrik Christensen, a Danish bacteriologist. |
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L. R. Cleveland, an American biologist. |
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Andre B. Cobet, an American bacteriologist. |
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Ferdinand Cohn, a German microbiologist. |
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Matthew D. Collins, a Bristish microbiologist. |
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Rita R. Colwell, an American bacteriologist. |
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Benjamin J. Cosenza, an American microbiologist. |
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J. W. Costerton, an American bacteriologist. |
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J. N. Couch, an American mycologist. |
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E. V. Cowdry, an American rickettsiologist. |
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Herold R. Cox, an American microbiologist. |
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K. Crabtree, an American microbiologist. |
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Thomas Cross, a Bristish microbiologist. |
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Dasan, a Korean scientist. |
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Jozef De Ley, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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H. G. Derx, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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Paul De Vos, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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L. A. Devriese, a Belgian veterinary microbiologist. |
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Robert S. Dickey, an American phytopathologist |
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Alma Dietz, an American microbiologist. |
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Xiu-Zhu Dong, a Chinese bacteriologist and bacterial taxonomist. |
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Joël Doré, a French microbiologist. |
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P. R. Dugan, an American microbiologist. |
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Douglas W. Dye, a New Zealander microbiologist |
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P. R. Edwards, an American bacteriologist. |
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Arnold H. Eggerth, an American bacteriologist. |
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Arnold H. Eggerth, an American bacteriologist. |
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Paul Ehrlich, a German bacteriologist. |
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M. Eiken, a Scandinavian biologist. |
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Eliora Z. Ron, an Israeli microbiologist. |
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Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist. |
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Hans Joachim Elster, a German limnologist. |
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Erwin Frink Smith, an American bacteriologist. |
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Theodor Escherich, a German physician. |
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Jean P. Euzéby, a French bacteriologist. |
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Jean P. Euzéby, a French bacteriologist. |
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William H. Ewing, an American bacteriologist. |
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Richard R. Facklam, an American bacteriologist. |
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Xinfang Fang, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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S. M. Finegold, an American bacteriologist. |
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Edward Francis, an American bacteriologist. |
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A. B. Frank, a Swiss microbiologist. |
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Joseph Frateur, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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E. Imre Friedmann, an American microbiologist. |
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Georg Fuchs, a German microbiologist. |
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B. Gallion, a receiver of customs and zoologist (1782-1839) in Dieppe, France. |
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Jean-Louis Garcia, a French microbiologist. |
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H. L. Gardner, an American bacteriologist. |
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Georg Fuchs, a German bacteriologist. |
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John N. Gibbs, a British forest pathologist. |
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G. Giesberger, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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Martha A. Gilliam, an American microbiologist. |
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Monique Gillis, a Belgian bacteriologist. |
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Goodfellowiella (in place of the illegitimate name Goodfellowia) |
Michael Goodfellow, a British microbiologist. |
Ruth E. Gordon, an American bacteriologist. |
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Jeffrey I. Gordon, an American bacteriologist. |
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George Stuart Graham Smith, a Bristish microbiologist. |
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Hans Christian Gram, a Danish pharmacologist and pathologist. |
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Patrick A. D. Grimont, a French microbiologist. |
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Bernhard Guggenheim, a Swiss microbiologist. |
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Calouste Gulbenkian, a Portuguese protector of the arts and sciences. |
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Dr. A. L. Barton, Peruvian physician. |
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Yung Chil Hah, a Korean bacteriologist. |
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Ivan C. Hall, a United States microbiologist. |
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Masa Hamada, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Hans G. Schlegel, a German microbiologist. |
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Arthur T. Henrici, an American microbiologist. |
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Robert B. Hespell, an American microbiologist. |
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Hans Hippe, a German microbiologist. |
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Peter Hirsch, a German microbiologist. |
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Manfred Höfle, a German microbiologist. |
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Lillian V. Holdeman Moore, an American microbiologist. |
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André Hollande Jr., a French protistologist. |
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Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Bernard Howard, a New Zealand microbiologist. |
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Manuel Hoyos, a pioneer in the research for the protection of Altamira Cave paintings.
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Huai-Shu Xu, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Philip B. Hylemon, an American bacteriologist. |
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Hyun-Soon Lee, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Ignatzschineria (in place of the illegitimate name Schineria) |
Ignatz Rudolph Schiner, an Austrian entomologist, who first described the fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica. |
Eduard Adolf Wilhelm Jahn. |
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Holger W. Jannasch, a German microbiologist. |
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Cheng-Lin Jiang, a Chinese microbiologist |
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Jisheng Ruan, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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John L. Johnson, a United States microbiologist. |
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Dorothy Jones, a British microbiologist. |
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Professor Jonquet, a French clinician |
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P. J. Jooste, a South African bacteriologist. |
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Otto Kandler, a German bacteriologist. |
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Kook Hee Kang, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Karel Kersters, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist. |
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Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Shibasaburo Kitasato, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Edwin Klebs, a German bacteriologist. |
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Michael J. Klug, an American entomologist/microbiologist. |
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Albert Jan Kluyver, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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Hans Knöll, a German pioneer in antibiotic research. |
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Miroslav Kocur, a Slovakian microbiologist. |
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Ludwig Kofler, an Austrian scientist. |
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Kazuo Komagata, a Japaneese microbiologist. |
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Stewart A. Koser, an American bacteriologist. |
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Michio Kozaki, a Japaneese microbiologist. |
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N. A. Krasil'nikov, a Russian actinomycetologist. |
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Noel R. Krieg, an American microbiologist |
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Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, a German microbiologist. |
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H. Kurth, a German bacteriologist. |
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Donn J. Kushner, a Canadian microbiologist. |
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Hans-Jürgen Kutzner, a German microbiologist. |
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Nikolaos C. Kyrpides, a Greek-American genomics scientist. |
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David P. Labeda, an American bacteriologist. |
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David P. Labeda, an American bacteriologist. |
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Matthias Labrenz, a German marine microbiologist. |
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John Lacey, a Bristish microbiologist. |
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John M. Larkin, an American microbiologist. |
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H. Lautrop, a Danish bacteriologist. |
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G. H. K. Lawson, an American bacteriologist. |
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Edward R. Leadbetter, an American microbiologists. |
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Hubert and Mary Lechevalier, an American microbiologists. |
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H. Leclerc, a French bacteriologist. |
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Keho Lee, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch scientist. |
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Einar Leifson, an American microbiologist. |
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Thomas Leisinger, a Swiss bacteriologist. |
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Léon Le Minor, a French bacteriologist. |
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Friedrich A. Lentze, a German microbiologist. |
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Max Levine, an American bacteriologist. |
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Ralph Lewin, an American bacteriologist. |
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Li-Hua Xu, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese naturalist. |
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Lord Lister, a Bristish surgeon. |
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J. Liston, an American bacteriologist. |
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Tjhing-Lok Tan from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven. |
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David Lonsdale, a pathologist of British forest. |
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G. M. Luedemann, a Russian actinomycetologist. |
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Robert A. Mah, an American microbiologist. |
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Kuhrsheed A. Malik, a German microbiologist. |
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Walter Mannheim, a German microbiologist. |
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E. Martel, a French explorer |
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Marvinbryantia in place of the illegitimate name Bryantella) |
Marvin P. Bryant, an American microbiologist. |
Nancy F. Millis, an Australian microbiologist. |
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T. Mitsuoka, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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V. Møller, a Danish microbiologist. |
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W. E. C. Moore, an American microbiologist. |
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V. Morax, a Swiss ophthalmologist. |
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H. de R. Morgan, a Bristish bacteriologist. |
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Richard Y. Morita, an American microbiologist. |
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Francine Mory, a French bacteriologist |
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David A. Murdoch, a British microbiologist. |
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Kazonuri Nakamura, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Dieter Naumann, a German bacteriologist. |
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Masatoshi Nei. |
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Albert Neisser, a German bacteriologist. |
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Kazuo Komagata, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Olga Nesterenko, an Ukrainian microbiologist. |
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Jacques Nicolet, a Swiss microbiologist. |
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Nocardia
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Edmond Nocard, a French veterinarian and microbiologist. |
H. Nonomura, a Japanese taxonomist of actinomycetes. |
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Oh Tae-Kwang, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Jeppe Ørskov, a Danish microbiologist. |
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June Olley, a British bacteriologist. |
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Ingar Olsen, a Norwegian microbiologist. |
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Aharon Oren, an Israeli bacteriologist. |
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Johannes C. G. Ottow, a German bacteriologist. |
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Owen B. Weeks, an American bacteriologist. |
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Norberto Palleroni an American bacteriologist. |
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Louis Pasteur, a French scientist. |
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Louis Pasteur, a French scientist. |
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M. J. Pelczar, an American bacteriologist. |
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Norbert Pfennig, a German bacteriologist. |
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J. Pillot, a French microbiologist. |
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Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist. |
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Helmut Prauser, a German microbiologist. |
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André R. Prévot, a French bacteriologist. |
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Rueger, a German microbiologist. |
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J. I. Quin, a South African microbiologist. |
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Otto Rahn, a German-American microbiologist. |
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E. Ralston, an American bacteriologist. |
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Didier Raoult, a French microbiologist. |
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E. Rathay, an Australian plant pathologist. |
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Reichenbachiella in place of the the illegitimate name Reichenbachia) |
Hans Reichenbach, a German microbiologist. |
Gerhard Rheinheimer, a German marine microbiologist. |
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Howard Taylor Ricketts, an American pathologist. |
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Riemer. |
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Isadore M. Robinson, an American microbiologist. |
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Henrique da Rocha-Lima, a Brazilian bacteriologist. |
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Theodor Rosebury, an American microbiologist. |
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Genevieve D. Roth, an American bacteriologist. |
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Ji-Sheng Ruan, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Rueger, a German microbiologist. |
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John Rummel, an American astrobiologist. |
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Daniel E. Salmon, a U.S. veterinary surgeon. |
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Régine Samson, a French phytobacteriologist. |
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Scardovia
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Vittorio Scardovi, an Italian microbiologist. |
Ignatz Rudolph Schiner who first described the fly Wohlfahrtia magnifica. |
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H. G. Schlegel, a German microbiologist. |
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Heinz Schlesner, a German microbiologist. |
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P. Schumann, a German microbiologist. |
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Helen M. Schwartz, a South African rumen physiologist. |
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Madeleine Sebald, a French bacteriologist. |
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Akio Seino, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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G. L. Seliber, a Russian microbiologist. |
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Serafino Serrati, an Italian physicist. |
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Michaela E. Sharpe, a British bacteriologist. |
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J. M. Shewan, a British bacteriologist. |
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Kiyoshi Shiga, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Akira Shimazu, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Jae H. Shim, a Korean microbiologist. |
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J. L. Shimwell. |
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Yong-Kook Shin, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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S. Shivaji, an Indian microbiologist. |
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Cyril Shuttleworth, a British microbiologist. |
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Usio Simidu, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Arbitrary name formed from the personal name Simona Kahane. |
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Hellmuth Simons, a German bacteriologist.. |
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Victor B. D. Skerman, an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist. |
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Victor B. D. Skerman, an Australian bacteriologist and taxonomist. |
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Geoffrey Slack, a British microbiologist and dental researcher. |
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Paul H. Smith, an American microbiologist. |
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P. H. A. Sneath, a Bristish bacteriologist. |
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P. H. A. Sneath, a Bristish bacteriologist. |
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Robert Evans Snodgrass, an American entomologist. |
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Nicolas L. Soehngen, a Dutch microbiologist. |
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Soon-Woo Hong, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Erko Stackebrandt, a German microbiologist. |
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James T. Staley, an American microbiologist. |
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Roger Y. Stanier, a Canadian microbiologist. |
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Stapp, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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Robert L. Starkey, an American bacteriologist. |
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Karl Otto Stetter, a German biologist. |
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Xiuqin Sun, a Chinese marine biologist. |
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Vera Sutter, an American bacteriologist. |
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R. G. A. Sutton, a British bacteriologist. |
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Swaminathan, an Indian biologist. |
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Anne C. R. Tanner, an American microbiologist. |
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Morakot Tanticharoen, a Thai bacteriologist. |
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Hugh Tatlock, an American microbiologist. |
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Harvey Tatum, an American bacteriologist. |
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C. E. D. Taylor, a British bacteriologist. |
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Y. Terasaki, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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R. Thauer, a German bacteriologist. |
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Walborg Thorsell, a Swedish biologist. |
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Brian Tindall, a Bristish bacteriologist. |
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Michael Tistl, a German geologist. |
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P. H. Tissier, a French bacteriologist. |
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Fusao Tomita, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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L. R. Trabulsi, a Brazilian bacteriologist. |
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Hans G. Trüper, a German bacteriologist. |
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Hans G. Trüper, a German bacteriologist. |
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Michio Tsukamura, a Japanese microbiologist. |
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Leslie Turner, a Bristish microbiologist. |
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Hamao Umezawa, a Japanese bacteriologist. |
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Federico Uruburu, a Spanish microbiologist. |
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Lina Vasilyeva, a Russian microbiologist. |
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Adrien Veillon, a French bacteriologist. |
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Otto Voges, a German microbiologist. |
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B. Elazari-Volcani, an Israeli bacteriologist. |
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Georges Wauters, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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Georges Wauters, a Belgian microbiologist. |
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Owen B. Weeks, an American bacteriologist. |
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Norbert Weiss, a German bacteriologist. |
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Wen-Xin Chen, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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V. B. Wigglesworth, a British parasitologist. |
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Stanley T. Williams, a British microbiologist. |
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Sergey Winogradsky, a Russian microbiologist. |
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S. Burt Wolbach, an American bacteriologist. |
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M. J. Wolin, an American bacteriologist. |
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Hua Xiang, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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H.-F. Yang, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Xun-Chu Yan, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Alexandre J. E. Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist. |
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Yong-Ha Park, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Yuhu Shi, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Georgii A. Zavarzin, a Russian bacteriologist. |
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Georgii A. Zavarzin, a Russian bacteriologist. |
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Shu-Zheng Zhang, a Chinese biochemist. |
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Zhi-Heng Liu, a Chinese microbiologist. |
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Pei-Jin Zhou, a Chinese microbiologist |
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O.E.R. Zimmermann, a German microbiologist. |
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Claude E. ZoBell, an American bacteriologist. |
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Claude E. ZoBell, an American bacteriologist. |
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Zoo Shik Lee, a Korean microbiologist. |
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Zu-Nong Wang, a Chinese microbiologist. |