About Ernest Gale
Lived 1914 – 2005 (aged 90). Ernest Gale was a microbiologist.
Ernest Frederick Gale FRS (15 July 1914 – 7 March 2005) was a British microbiologist. In 1952, Dr. Gale developed the microbial infallibility hypothesis, which states that the buildup of compounds initially resistant to biodegradation exerts a strong selective pressure on nearby microbes to evolve to consume them. This theory undergirds the fields of medical and environmental bioremediation.
He was a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1941-44 and 1949-88.
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British microbiologist (1914-2005)
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Ernest Gale was born on 15 July 1914.
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Ernest Gale died on 7 March 2005.
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Ernest Gale was a microbiologist.
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