Löffler

American  

[lœf-luhr] / ˈlœf lər /

noun

1. Friedrich August Johannes 1852–1915, German bacteriologist.

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Löffler Scientific  

/ lŭf′lər /

1. German bacteriologist who in 1884 demonstrated that diphtheria was caused by a bacillus described by Edwin Klebs a year earlier. This bacillus is now named after both scientists. Löffler also isolated an organism that causes food poisoning and developed a vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (1899).

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Example Sentences

In the hands of Ensemble Musikfabrik’s players — Marco Blaauw, Florentin Ginot, Benjamin Kobler and Ulrich Löffler — each twist registers as delightful, if in a muted way.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022

Ms. Löffler and her fellow reporters objected, writing in a letter to company management that “no legal or editorial reasons were given” for stopping their reporting.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2021

Photograph: Juliane Löffler for the Guardian Tomatis has been pitching in at the camp in Piraeus, but with the Greek authorities seemingly determined to clear the space her focus is switching.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2016

“I want to get rid of my fear,” said Hermine Löffler, a 57-year-old retired hospitality worker in Austria.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2016

Then, in the late 1890s, two Germans, Friedrich Löffler and Paul Frosch, discovered other disease-causing organisms even tinier than bacteria, called viruses.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy