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Selman Waksman Quotes
Selman Waksman Quotes
Selman Waksman
Russian
Scientist
Born:
Jul 22
,
1888
Died:
Aug 16
,
1973
Animal
Antibiotics
Chemical
Life
Man
Soil
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The soil is not a mass of dead debris, merely resulting from the physical and chemical weathering of rocks; it is a more or less homogeneous system which has resulted from the decomposition of plant and animal remains. It is teeming with life.
Selman Waksman
Life
Animal
Plant
Soil
Teeming
System
Physical
More
More Or Less
Resulted
Resulting
Remains
Merely
Mass
Dead
Chemical
Rocks
Debris
Which
Less
From the moment he is born to the moment he dies, man is subject to the activities of numerous microbes.
Selman Waksman
Man
Numerous
Born
He
Subject
Dies
Moment
Activities
Streptomycin belongs to a group of compounds, known as antibiotics, which are produced by microorganisms and which possess the property of inhibiting the growth and even of destroying other microorganisms.
Selman Waksman
Property
Group
Other
Possess
Destroying
Compounds
Known
Antibiotics
Which
Produced
Even
Growth
Belongs
With the exception of autotrophic bacteria, the green, or chlorophyll-bearing, plants are the only living forms on this planet capable of synthesizing organic matter out of inorganic elements and simple compounds.
Selman Waksman
Simple
Matter
Plants
Organic
Living
Inorganic
Out
Bacteria
Compounds
Only
Exception
Green
Forms
Capable
Planet
Elements
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