Winogradsky column
Columna de Vinogradski
- Date
- c. 1887 · confidence medium
- Place
- Strasbourg, France
- Credited to
- Sergei Winogradsky
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Column of pond mud and water enriched with carbon and sulfur sources, devised by Sergei Winogradsky to culture and observe gradients of aerobic and anaerobic microbial communities under sunlight.
What it led to
- Standard teaching and research tool in environmental microbiology
- Impetus for the study of chemolithotrophy and biogeochemical sulfur cycles
- Conceptual basis of modern microbial ecology