The filterable property of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was shown by

Ivanowsky

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The correct option is A Ivanowsky
D.J. Ivanowsky (1892) recognised certain microbes as causal organism of the mosaic disease of tobacco. These were found to be smaller than bacteria, because they passed through bacteria-proof filters.

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