Walter Migula

Emil Friedrich August Walter
Born(1863-11-04)November 4, 1863
DiedJune 23, 1938(1938-06-23) (aged 74)
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsKarlsruhe Institute of Technology

Emil Friedrich August Walter (or Walther) Migula (born 1863 in Zyrowa, Prussia (present-day Poland); died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a German botanist.

In 1890, he was habilitated for botany at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he spent several years as a professor. At Karlsruhe, he also worked in the bacteriology department of the Food Research Institute. He was Professor of Botany at the research academy at Eisenach.[1]

He published many articles on the subjects of cryptogamic botany, bacteriology, and plant physiology. He is remembered for describing the bacterial genus Pseudomonas, and for publication of Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz [Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland], a work connected with Otto Wilhelm Thomé's Flora von Deutschland [Plants of Germany].[2] Other significant works by Migula include:

  • Die Bakterien, 1891 [Bacteria]
  • System der Bakterien. Handbuch der Morphologie, Entwicklungsgeschichte und Systematik der Bakterien, 1897–1900. (two volumes) [System for bacteria. Handbook of morphology, developmental history and systematics of bacteria]
  • Pflanzenbiologie, 1900 [Plant biology][3]
  • Morphologie, Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen, 2nd edition 1906 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

References

  1. ^ "Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12.
  2. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, etc
  3. ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Mig.

External links

  • "History of Biology at the University of Karlsruhe". Archived from the original on 2008-01-07.
  • Walter Migula in the German National Library catalogue
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