The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
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Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
reactions of an ester with a carboxylate group to form an anhydride. The R group is the same in each
The Laocoön Group, Roman copy, perhaps after Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus of Rhodes.
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Adults in the middle-aged group (37–42 years) score higher on measures of generativity than either ...