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Waksman, Selman Abraham
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Waksman, Selman Abraham (1888–1973)

Ukrainian-born US biochemist who was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1952 for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. He coined the word ‘antibiotic’ for bacteria-killing chemicals derived from micro-organisms.

Waksman was professor of soil microbiology at Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, from 1910.
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Selman Waksman (see Figure 5) who studied peat soils early in his career indicated that addition of calcium carbonate to soils favors the development of native actinomycetes such as the Streptomyces genera (Waksman 1967 and Waksman and Purvis 1932).
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She was elected to the American Philosophical Society and received the Selman Waksman Award from the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.
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