Vernon K
Department of historical and critical studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, U.K.
Ann Sci. 1994 Nov;51(6):593-613. doi: 10.1080/00033799400200451.
The study of micro-organisms in Britain in the early twentieth century was dominated by medical concerns, with little support for non-medical research. This paper examines the way in which microbes came to have a place in industrial contexts in the 1920s and early 1930s. Their industrial capacity was only properly recognized during World War I, with the development of fermentation processes to make required organic chemicals. Post-war research sponsored by chemical and food industries and the D.S.I.R established the industrial significance of microbes. The primary focus here is the D.S.I.R. work which aimed to pull microbes away from medical concerns and promote the role of microbes in British industry.
20世纪初，英国对微生物的研究主要受医学方面的关注主导，对非医学研究的支持很少。本文探讨了20世纪20年代和30年代初微生物在工业领域获得一席之地的方式。它们的工业能力直到第一次世界大战期间随着用于制造所需有机化学品的发酵工艺的发展才得到充分认可。战后由化学和食品工业以及科学与工业研究部赞助的研究确立了微生物的工业重要性。这里主要关注的是科学与工业研究部的工作，该工作旨在使微生物研究脱离医学范畴，并推动微生物在英国工业中的作用。
