Walter Migula

{{Short description|German botanist (1863–1938)}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Emil Friedrich August Walter | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|11|4}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1938|06|23|1863|11|4}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | fields = Botany | workplaces = Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = }}

'''Emil Friedrich August Walter''' (or '''Walther''') '''Migula''' (born 1863 in Zyrowa, Prussia (present-day Poland); died 1938 in Eisenach, Germany) was a German botanist.

In 1890, he was habilitated for botany at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where he spent several years as a professor. At Karlsruhe, he also worked in the bacteriology department of the Food Research Institute. He was Professor of Botany at the research academy at Eisenach.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://caliban.mpipz.mpg.de/migula/flora_2/high/IMG_9079.jpg | title=Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012225407/http://caliban.mpipz.mpg.de/migula/flora_2/high/IMG_9079.jpg |archive-date=2016-10-12 }}</ref>

He published many articles on the subjects of cryptogamic botany, bacteriology, and plant physiology. Between 1892 and 1933 Migula issued exsiccata series, among them ''Kryptogamae Germaniae, Austriae et Helvetiae exsiccatae''.<ref name="Triebel & Scholz 2001-2024">Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 ''IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae''. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.</ref> He is remembered for describing the bacterial genus ''Pseudomonas'', and for publication of ''Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz'' [Cryptogamic Flora of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland], a work connected with Otto Wilhelm Thomé's ''Flora von Deutschland'' [Plants of Germany].<ref>[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011985950 HathiTrust Digital Library] Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, etc</ref> Other significant works by Migula include: * ''Die Bakterien'', 1891 [Bacteria] * ''System der Bakterien. Handbuch der Morphologie, Entwicklungsgeschichte und Systematik der Bakterien'', 1897–1900. (two volumes) [System for bacteria. Handbook of morphology, developmental history and systematics of bacteria] * ''Pflanzenbiologie'', 1900 [Plant biology]<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2004-12670 WorldCat Identities] (publications)</ref> * ''Morphologie, Anatomie und Physiologie der Pflanzen'', 2nd edition 1906 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:2-19172 Digital edition] by the University and State Library Düsseldorf

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==External links== {{Wikispecies|Walter Migula}} * {{cite web| url=http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/19.php | title=History of Biology at the University of Karlsruhe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107010547/http://www.chem-bio.uni-karlsruhe.de/19.php |archive-date=2008-01-07 }} * {{DNB portal|10117425X|TYP=}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Migula, Walter}} Category:20th-century German botanists Category:German microbiologists Category:German phycologists Category:1863 births Category:1938 deaths Category:Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Category:19th-century German botanists Category:19th-century people from the Kingdom of Prussia