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Who named the infectious tobacco extract âContagium vivum fluidumâ?
Explanation
M. W. Beijerinck showed that extract from infected tobacco plants could infect healthy plants. He called the infectious fluid âContagium vivum fluidum,â meaning infectious living fluid.
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