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Vinogradskii’s Transformation from Plant Physiologist to Ecologist, 1890–1920
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Vinogradskii’s Transformation from Plant Physiologist to Ecologist, 1890–1920

Lloyd Ackert
Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life, pp 73-92
08 Aug 2012

Abstract

Black Earth Historical Contribution Iron Bacterium Medical Bacteriology Soil Microbiology
Between the 1880s and the 1930s Vinogradskii underwent a striking intellectual transformation. In 1888, he considered himself a plant physiologist concerned with investigating the nutritional requirements of microorganisms. He conducted his research within a theoretical framework he called the cycle of life. By the 1930s, he identified himself as a soil microbiologist; and although he continued to study microbial nutrition, he now investigated it as an ecological phenomenon.

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