THE PARTICIPATION OF OSAU SCIENTISTS IN THE FORMATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The first steps towards the study of microorganisms were made by mankind three centuries ago. But a lot of time passed before microbiology became a separate science. On this path, significant discoveries and achievements were made by Ukrainian scientists, including scientists of the Odessa State Agrarian University, which worked for more than a hundred years within its walls. Among the prominent Ukrainian scientists who laid the foundations of Ukrainian microbiology, I. Mechnikov, L. Tsenkovskyi, M. Gamalii, D. Zabolotnyi, and O. Pavlovskyi should be remembered. Scientific researchers of Odesa State Agrarian University who developed microbiological science - D. Ivanovskyi, P. Gromakovskyi, V. Tulchynska, S. Minervin, A. Demchenko, E. Buryak. These scientists are known not only for their scientific works, but also for their pedagogical and organizational activities. A microbiological laboratory was created, training courses in the disciplines "General Microbiology", "Veterinary Microbiology" were developed, and a number of textbooks were written. Among the scientific interests of the department in different years, works on the study of brucellosis, stachyobotryotoxicosis of horses, the development of hyperimmune serums, and the development of methods for diagnosing tuberculosis, which were based on serological and allergic tests, prevailed.