1. Bartolomeo Gosio was an Italian medical scientist.
11 Facts About Bartolomeo Gosio
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Bartolomeo Gosio discovered a toxic fume, eponymously named "Gosio gas", which is produced by microorganisms, that killed many people.
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Bartolomeo Gosio identified the chemical nature of the gas as an arsenic compound, but incorrectly named it as diethylarsine.
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Bartolomeo Gosio discovered an antibacterial compound called mycophenolic acid from the mould Penicillium brevicompactum.
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Bartolomeo Gosio demonstrated that the novel compound was effective against the deadly anthrax bacterium, Bacillus anthracis.
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Bartolomeo Gosio studied medicine at the University of Turin and continued at the Royal University.
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Bartolomeo Gosio was appointed at the Laboratory of Bacteriology and Chemistry of the National Hygiene Institute in Rome.
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Bartolomeo Gosio experimentally cultured those moulds on mashed potatoes mixed with arsenic oxide.
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Bartolomeo Gosio demonstrated that the fumes easily killed laboratory rats by paralysing their nervous system.
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Bartolomeo Gosio identified several strains of moulds that could produce these toxic fumes.
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Bartolomeo Gosio collected the fungus from spoiled corn and named it Penicillium glaucum.