Walter Migula

Emil Friedrich August Walter
Born(1863-11-04)November 4, 1863
DiedJune 23, 1938(1938-06-23) (aged 74)
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsKarlsruhe Institute of Technology

Emil Friedrich August Walter (or Walther) Migula (born 1863 in Zyrowa, Prussia (present-day Poland); died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a German botanist.

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. Between 1892 and 1933 Migula issued exsiccata series, among them Kryptogamae Germaniae, Austriae et Helvetiae exsiccatae.[2] 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].[3] 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][4]
  • Morphologie, Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen, 2nd edition 1906 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
The standard author abbreviation Mig. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12.
  2. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  3. ^ HathiTrust Digital Library Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, etc
  4. ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Mig.
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