Émile van Ermengem
Deceased Person
1851 – 1932
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Who was Émile van Ermengem?
Émile Pierre-Marie van Ermengem was a Belgian bacteriologist who, in 1895, isolated Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, from a piece of ham that had poisoned thirty four people.
He worked at the University of Ghent. His sons were the writer Franz Hellens and the art critic François Maret.
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- Born
- 1851
- Also known as
- Emile van Ermengem
- Children
- Died
- 1932
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on July 23, 2013
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