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Beneficial Microbes- Introduction

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Viruses were called as 'Contagium vivum fluidum' by

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Flix d'Herelle

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Bawden and Pirie

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Twort

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Beijerinck

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The correct option is D Beijerinck
Viruses are the acellular microorganisms. They are described as the contagious living fluid by Martinus Beijerinick a microbiologist as he considered it as a living fluid that moves through a fine sieve.

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