Marie Louis Victor Galippe

Marie Louis Victor Galippe (29 May 1848 – February 1922, Auteuil) was a French microbiologist and an eminent physician.

He conducted experiments on microbiology in human life and also published notes on a variety of subjects including dental hygiene.

He tried growing vegetables with sewage and then cut the plant parts above ground and tested them for bacteria by culturing them.

[2][3][4] Galippe also examined micro-organisms preserved within fossil bearing amber.

His theory of bacterial gallstone production however has gained little support although viable bacteria have been found within stones even in later studies.