Franz Ziehl

Deceased Person

1857 – 1926

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Who was Franz Ziehl?

Dr. Franz Ziehl was a German bacteriologist. He was a professor in Lübeck.

Franz Ziehl introduced the carbol fuchsin stain for the tubercle bacillus in 1882. With pathologist Friedrich Neelsen, he developed the Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, which is used to identify acid-fast bacteria.

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Born
1857
Wismar
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Wismar
Died
1926
Lübeck

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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