Ernest Hanbury Hankin
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Ernest Hanbury Hankin was an English bacteriologist, aeronautical theorist and naturalist. Working mainly in India, he studied malaria, cholera and other diseases. He is often considered as among the
A carte de visite portrait taken around 1900 at Agra.
The Itmad-Ud-Daulah, studied by Hankin
FWF Samuel Monnier
Bacteriophage
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A bacteriophage, also known informally as a phage, is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. The term is derived from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν 'to devour' and bacteria. Bacteriophages are co
Ernest Hanbury Hankin
…theorist and naturalist. Working mainly in India, he studied malaria, cholera and other diseases. He is often considered as among the first to detect bacteriophage activity and suggested that their presence in the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers may have had a role in restricting the outbreaks of cholera…
Bacteriophage T2, a myovirus due to its contractile tail
Félix d'Hérelle conducted the first clinical application of a bacteriophage
George Eliava pioneered the use of phages in treating bacterial infections
In this electron micrograph of bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell, the viruses are the size and shape of coliphage T1