Émile van Ermengem

Émile van Ermengem (1897)

Émile Pierre-Marie van Ermengem (1851–1932, or 1851–1922 according to some sources) 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.^[1]

He worked at the University of Ghent. His sons were the writer Franz Hellens and the art critic François Maret.

References

1. van Ermengem EP (February 1897). "Ueber einen neuen anaëroben Bacillus und seine Beziehungen zum Botulismus". Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten (in German) 26 (1): 1–56. doi:10.1007/BF02220526. PMID 399378.

Bibliography

Novak, John S., Peck, Micheal W.; Juneja, Vijay K.; Johnson, Eric A. (2005). "Chapter 19: Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens". In Fratamico, Pina M.; Bhunia, Arun K.; Smith, James L. Foodborne pathogens: microbiology and molecular biology (1st ed.). Wymondham: Caister Academic Press. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-904455-00-4.

External links

• Works by or about Émile van Ermengem at Internet Archive