Discoveries
Winogradsky discovered various biogeochemical cycles and parts of these cycles. These discoveries include
- His work on bacterial sulfate reduction for which he first became renowned, including the first known form of lithotrophy (in Beggiatoa).
- His work on the Nitrogen cycle including
- The identification of the obligate anaerobe Clostridium pasteurianum capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen and living in legume root nodules.
- Chemosynthesis – his most noted discovery
- The Winogradsky column
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