Everything you need to know about the history of Microbiology. Some of the most frequently asked questions are as follows:- Q.1. Which is the first book in the world to describe a fungus? Ans. The Rig-Veda is the first book in the world to describe the fungus mushroom in Sanskrit hymns in the form of similes by comparing the head [...]
The below mentioned article provides a note on history of Bergey's manual. The Society of American Bacteriologists presently known as the American Society of Microbiology began compiling the first edition of Bergey's Manual by appointing an editorial board with Dr David Hendricks Bergey as its Chairman. The other members of the board were Francis C. Harrison, Robert S. Breed, Bernard [...]
In this article we will discuss about the history and induction of mutations. History of Mutation: The sudden heritable changes in genes, other than those due to Mendelian segregation and recombination constitute mutations. The idea of mutation first originated from observations of a Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (in the 1880's) on variations in plants of Oenothera lamarckiana (evening primrose) [...]