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Félix d'Hérelle, a Common card
Félix d'Hérelle was a French microbiologist.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 45
- Power
- 114
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,900
Power 114 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Félix d'Hérelle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Félix d'Hérelle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was co-discoverer of ______ and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy.
Answer
bacteriophages. He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy. From the Félix d'Hérelle article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____ he discovered that "an invisible antagonist", when added to bacteria on agar, would produce areas of dead bacteria.
Answer
1910s. In 1917 he discovered that "an invisible antagonist", when added to bacteria on agar, would produce areas of dead bacteria. From the Félix d'Hérelle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Félix d'Hérelle. Félix d'Hérelle 69 · Yi Xing 65 · Sylvester H. Roper 60 · Hans Hollein 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was co-discoverer of bacteriophages and experimented with the possibility of phage therapy.
- D'Hérelle has also been credited for his contributions to the larger concept of applied microbiology. d'Hérelle was a self-taught microbiologist.
- In 1917 he discovered that "an invisible antagonist", when added to bacteria on agar, would produce areas of dead bacteria.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Félix d'Hérelle article was read about 6,900 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 45: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Félix d'Hérelle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : [Service photo Institut Pasteur - Photothèque], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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