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John Postgate (microbiologist)
John Postgate | |
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| Born | John Raymond Postgate 24 June 1922 London, England |
| Died | 22 October 2014 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Known for | Microbes and Man (1969)[6] |
| Spouse | Mary Stewart (1948-d. 2008)[3] |
| Children | 3 |
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| Thesis | Aspects of the metabolism of micro-organisms (1952) |
John Raymond Postgate (24 June 1922 – 22 October 2014), FRS[2][1] was an English microbiologist and writer, latterly Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Sussex.[7][8] Postgate's research in microbiology investigated nitrogen fixation, microbial survival, and sulphate-reducing bacteria. He worked for the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Nitrogen Fixation from 1963 until he retired, by then its director, in 1987. In 2011, he was described as a "father figure of British microbiology".[9][10]
His admired[11] popularizing book on microbes in human culture, Microbes and Man, first published in 1969, remains in print.
- ^ a b "EC/1977/28: Postgate, John Raymond". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Pickett, Rob; Smith, Robson; Dixon, Ray (2016). "John Raymond Postgate FIBiol. 24 June 1922 — 22 October 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 62. London: Royal Society: 483–504. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0006.
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- ^ Cole, Jeffrey, A., "Legless pathogens: how bacterial physiology provides the key to understanding pathogenicity", The Fred Griffith Prize Lecture 2011, reprinted in Microbiology, 2012 Jun; 158(6):1402-13. doi:10.1099/mic.0.059048-0; PDF(subscription required)
- ^ Cole, J. A. (2012). "Legless pathogens: how bacterial physiology provides the key to understanding pathogenicity". Microbiology. 158 (6): 1402–1413. doi:10.1099/mic.0.059048-0. PMID 22493300.
- ^ Reed Business Information (7 August 1986). New Scientist. Reed Business Information. p. 48. ISSN 0262-4079.
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