Walter Migula
Emil Friedrich August Walter (or Walther) Migula (born 1863 in Zyrowa, Prussia (present-day Poland); died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a German botanist.
Emil Friedrich August Walter | |
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Born | November 4, 1863 |
Died | June 23, 1938 74) | (aged
Nationality | German |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
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
- http://caliban.mpipz.mpg.de/migula/flora_2/high/IMG_9079.jpg Archived 2016-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
- HathiTrust Digital Library Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, etc
- WorldCat Identities (publications)
- International Plant Names Index. Mig.
External links

- http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/19.php Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Walter Migula in the German National Library catalogue