A Journey in the Virus world

Abstract

Viruses were first described due to infection of tobacco leaves in the end of the year of the 19th century. The name of the viruses was coined from Latin word meaning poison or slimy liquid. Two scientists contributed to the discovery of the virus, tobacco mosaic virus. In 1892, lvanoski reported that extracted from infected leaves were still infectious after filtration through chamber land filter candle. In 1898, Beijerinck was the first showed that the instant was able to migrate in agar gel, so being an infectious soluble agent. After the development of porcelain filter, viruses were the first discovered that filter named the chamber land Pasteur filter was that can remove any visible bacteria in the microscope from any liquid sample.