Who is believed to be the father of virology, a study of viruses?

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Father of virology:
Martinus Beijernick is believed to be the father of virology.
He was a Dutch microbiologist and introduced the term virus for the first time.
Virology is the study of viruses and diseases caused by them.
He introduced the selective culture technique to isolate the microorganism.

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