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Published on: August 21, 2026
Statement I: The name virus that means venom or poisonous fluid was given by Ivanowski.
Statement II: Pasteur recognized certain microbes as causal organism of the mosaic disease of tabacco.
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D
Ivanowsky did not coin the term “virus”; it was Beijerinck who used the term contagium vivum fluidum. Also, Ivanowsky—not Pasteur—first identified microbes causing tobacco mosaic disease.
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