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Robert E. Hungate
Born(1906-03-02)March 2, 1906
DiedSeptember 21, 2004(2004-09-21) (aged 98)
NationalityUnited States
Alma materStanford University
Known forRumen Microbiology
SpouseAlice Elizabeth Hungate (neé Wolcott)
Scientific career
FieldsAnaerobic Microbiology
Doctoral advisorC. B. van Niel
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Robert Edward Hungate was a pioneering microbial ecologist who develeoped the first techniques for the culturing of anaerobic microbes in his study of the bovine rumen.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Chung, King-Thom; Bryant, Marvin P. (August 1997). "Robert E. Hungate: Pioneer of Anaerobic Microbial Ecology". Anaerobe. 3 (4): 213–217. doi:10.1006/anae.1997.0109. ISSN 1075-9964. PMID 16887593. Retrieved 2013-01-12. 
  2. ^ Hungate, Robert E. (1979). "Evolution of a microbial ecologist". Annual Review of Microbiology. 33: 1–20. doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.33.100179.000245. ISSN 0066-4227. PMID 386919.