Franz Ziehl (13 April 1857 in
Wismar – 7 April 1926) was a German
bacteriologist. He was a professor in
Lübeck.
Franz Ziehl introduced the
carbol fuchsin stain for the tubercle
bacillus in 1882. With
pathologist Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898), he developed the
Ziehl–Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, which is used to identify
acid-fast bacteria.
External links
Mondofacto Dictionary (definitions)
1857 births
1926 deaths
German bacteriologists
Physicians from Lübeck
People from Wismar
People from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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