This picture is a collotype photograph and is an image of the bacterium Streptomyces avermectinius. The image, originally taken with a scanning electron microscope, highlights the captivating beauty that Satoshi Ōmura sees in bacteria.
Satoshi Ōmura donated the collotype photograph to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2015.
This dish contains the bacteria Streptomyces avermectinius, cultivated by Satoshi Ōmura, who often cultivated bacteria from soil, which can produce substances that inhibit other microorganisms. This can be useful when developing pharmaceuticals. Ōmura’s bacterial strain led to the drug avermectin, used to fight the diseases elephantiasis and river blindness.
Satoshi Ōmura donated the bacterial culture to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2015.
This model shows the structure of the ivermectin B1a molecule. The substance could be extracted from a bacterial strain cultured by Satoshi Ōmura. This led to the drugs used to fight the diseases elephantiasis and river blindness.
Satoshi Ōmura donated the model to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2015.
