Beijerinck's work on tobacco mosaic virus: Historical context and legacy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1383, 1999, Pages 675-685

  Bos, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concepts in virology; History of (plant) virology; Koch's postulates; Tobacco mosaic virus; Virus discoveries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HISTORY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, TOXIC; PORTRAITS; TOBACCO; TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0033614068     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0420     Document Type: Article

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