Igor Nicholas Asheshov records 1948-1954.

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Igor Nicholas Asheshov records 1948-1954.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43696926

Collection documents Asheshov's research on the isolation and production of antibiotic substances that inhibit disease-causing bacterial viruses.

6 boxes (5.8 lin. ft.)

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7532030

New York Botanical Garden, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library

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Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-

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Asheshov, Igor Nicholas, 1891-

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Asheshov, Igor Nicholas, b. 1891.

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Igor Nicholas Asheshov (b. 1891) was a bacteriologist, specializing in bacterial viruses. He served at NYBG as Bacteriologist-in-Charge from 1948-1953 under William Jacob Robbins. His research was towards isolating and identifying bacteriophages in the search for substances to combat influenza and poliomyelitis. Part of his work was funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. He was born in Russia on Aug. 13, 1892. He attended Prince Tenishev's School and the Saratov Imperial Univ...