2020-12-08

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Journey to the Microcosmos

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Alfred Kahl only spent a decade in the world of the microcosmos, but in that time he discovered more ciliates than anyone else ever has!

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SOURCES:

https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/23/1/91/1714123

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286462534_Life_and_Legacy_of_an_Outstanding_Ciliate_Taxonomist_Alfred_Kahl_1877-1946_Including_a_Facsimile_of_his_Forgotten_Monograph_from_1943