title: Adventures with Bacillus megaterium--fusion of bacterial protoplasts.
abstract: This essay describes the author's studies with bacteria in post-war Hungary; the difficulties encountered, with funding, collaboration and publication; and how the Szeged Institute consolidated itself as the one outstanding scientific institute in Eastern Europe, with the author at the helm.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alföldi
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000266:history; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D001432:Bacteriology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D011523:Protoplasts