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Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by...

Contagium vivum fluidum was proposed by

A

D.J. Ivanowsky

B

M.W. Beijerinck

C

Stanley

D

Robert Hooke.

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Martinus William Beijernick (a Dutch microbiologist and bontanist) gave a phrase, "Contagium vivum fluidum " (Latin :"contagious living fluid"), to describe a virus.He underlined its (virus's) ability to slip through the finest mesh filters then available, giving it almost liquid properties.
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