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Selman Waksman

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@misc{scienceatlas-selman-waksman,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Selman Waksman},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/selman-waksman},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Selman Waksman was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. For his work he won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Birth Datethe subject's own account

1888-07-22 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

1973-08-16 1

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Also in Medicine Atlas: Selman Waksman, the same subject.

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was a Russian-born American inventor, biochemist and microbiologist, whose research into the decomposition of organisms that live in soil enabled the discovery of streptomycin and several other antibiotics. For his work he won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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