Julius Richard Petri, Microbiologist, Is Honored With Google Doodle

Google Doodle, in its ongoing quest to educate the world, today celebrates what would have been the 160th birthday of bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri, who is credited with inventing the Petri dish.Julius R. Petri Google is giving a nod to science today by commemorating Famed German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri's 161st birthday with a Google Doodle. Petri is credited with the invention of the Petri dish which he created while working as anJulius R. Petri Google is giving a nod to science today by commemorating Famed German bacteriologist Julius Richard Petri's 161st birthday with a Google Doodle. Petri is credited with the invention of the Petri dish which he created while working as anAs someone who has streaked many an agar-filled petri dish with sample swabs, I know how nasty the invisible, microscopic world around us is – finding numerous colonies of cultured

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