SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF S.N. WINOGRADSKY (60 YEARS AFTER PUBLICATION OF 'MICROBIOLOGY OF SOIL')

Abstract

The contribution of the great Russian microbiologist S.N. Winogradsky in the development of science is associated with the discovery of chemosynthesis as a new way of existence; with the introduction of elective media as the methodological basis of the study of diversity of microorganisms; with the isolation of the first free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria; with the identification of the cycles of main elements in nature, catalyzed by microorganisms; with the elaboration of methodological principles of soil microbiology; and with the creation of environmental microbiology. Winogradsky's book 'Soil Microbiology' was published in 1949 in France and in 1952 in the USSR. The book exerted a significant influence on the generations of Russian microbiologists. The first monument to Winogradsky was unveiled on May 25, 2012 in Ukraine.