Streptomyces griseus, a microorganism discovered in New Jersey soil in 1916 by Rutgers scientists, was named the official state microbe by the New Jersey State Legislature in 2019. Professor Selman Waksman and graduate students Albert Schatz and Elizabeth Bugie discovered in 1943 that S. griseus produces an antibiotic, which they named streptomycin, that proved effective […]
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Rutgers Experts Comment on New Jersey’s State Microbe- Streptomyces griseus.
Selman Waksman; Elizabeth Bugie; Albert Schatz – Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
Move over, birds. New Jersey considers naming a ‘state microbe.’
Selman Waksman, Albert Schatz, Elizabeth Bugie, Max Haggblom – School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers Discovery That Changed the World May Become New Jersey’s State Microbe
Pending bill would honor bacterium that helps to cure tuberculosis A soil-based bacterium called Streptomyces griseus could become New Jersey’s official state microbe 75 years after Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists discovered its ability to cure tuberculosis. The 1943 discovery at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station defined Rutgers’ role as a leader in antibiotic research […]
Bacteria discovered in N.J. saved millions and could soon be our official state microbe
Selman Waksman, Albert Schatz
Getting His Due … Finally
Albert Schatz, Department of Soil Chemistry and Bacteriology
Selman Waksman, Department of Soil Chemistry and Bacteriology
Does N.J. need a state germ? Fuhgeddaboudit
Selman Waksman; Albert Schatz – Waksman Institute
Eliminate the TB Scourge
It’s 1 a.m. A young mother approaches me during my hospital shift. She asks if her 2-year-old son will survive the night. He has been given a diagnosis of severe tuberculous meningitis, months after her husband was found to have drug-resistant TB… In…
Revolutionary for 250 Years: Waksman, Schatz and the Discovery of Streptomycin
Martin Hall on the George H. Cook campus was the site of the discovery of streptomycin – the first effective treatment for tuberculosis – by Rutgers revolutionary Selman Waksman and his graduate student Albert Schatz. In 1952, Waksman received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his “ingenious, systematic and successful studies of the […]
Famous Author Visits Rutgers, Marks 70th Anniversary of Streptomycin Discovery
Although we hardly think about it now, tuberculosis was the scourge of industrialized nations in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Worse yet, there was no known cure, and mortality due to the disease was exceptionally high. Seventy years ago on October 19, 1943, Albert Schatz, a young scientist and graduate student in the laboratory […]
