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SELMAN ABRAHAM WAKSMAN

SELMAN ABRAHAM WAKSMAN

·       Selman Abraham Waksman was a Ukraine scientist.

·       Selman Waksman coined the term “Antibiotics”.

  Selman Waksman has isolated nearly 20 Antibiotics including Actinomycin (1940), Clavacin, Streptothricin (1942), Streptomycin (1943), Grisein (1946), Neomycin (1948), Fradicin, Candicidin, Candidin, and others. Two of these, Streptomycin and Neomycin have found extensive application in the treatment of numerous infectious diseases.

·       Selman Waksman’s fields of work include

ü  Microbiological population of the soil

ü  Sulphur oxidation by bacteria

ü  Microorganisms and soil fertility

ü  Decomposition of plant and animal residues

ü  Nature and formation of humus

ü  Occurrence of bacteria in the sea and their role in marine processes

ü  Taxonomy, Physiology and Biochemistry of the Actinomycetes

·     Selman Waksman received Nobel prize in 1952 for his discovery of Streptomycin (the first antibiotic active against Tuberculosis).

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