Ernest Gale
Ernest Frederick Gale FRS (15 July 1914 – 7 March 2005)[1] was a British microbiologist. In 1952, Dr. Gale developed the , which states that the buildup of compounds initially resistant to biodegradation exerts a strong selective pressure on nearby microbes to evolve to consume them. This theory undergirds the fields of medical and environmental bioremediation.
References[]
- ^ Reynolds, P. E. (2007). "Ernest Frederick Gale. 15 July 1914 -- 7 March 2005". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 53: 143–161. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2007.0012. PMID 18543465.
External links[]
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1616184,00.html
- http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/pubs/micro_today/obituaries.cfm
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