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Émile van Ermengem

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Bacteriologist (1851-1932)

ScientistsLived 1851 to 1932 · aged 81
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Émile Pierre-Marie van Ermengem (1851-1932) was a Belgian bacteriologist who, in 1895, isolated Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, from a piece of ham that had poisoned thirty-four people.

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Scientists
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Scientist
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Lived 1851 to 1932 · aged 81
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