Robert Hungate

Robert E. Hungate
Born(1906-03-02)March 2, 1906
Cheney, WA
DiedSeptember 21, 2004(2004-09-21) (aged 98)
Davis, CA
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Known forRumen microbiology
Anaerobic culture methods
Hungate tubes
SpouseAlice Elizabeth Hungate (née Wolcott)
Scientific career
FieldsAnaerobic microbiology
Doctoral advisorC. B. van Niel
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Robert Edward Hungate (1906 – 2004) was a pioneering American microbial ecologist who developed the first techniques for the culturing of anaerobic microbes in his study of the bovine rumen.[1][2]

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