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Czapek medium, also called Czapek's agar (CZA) [1] [2] or Czapek-Dox medium, is a growth medium for propagating fungi and other organisms in a laboratory. It was named after its inventors, Czech botanist Friedrich Johann Franz Czapek (May 16, 1868 – July 31, 1921) and American chemist Arthur Wayland Dox (September 19, 1882 – 1954).
R2A agar (Reasoner's 2A agar) is a culture medium [1] developed to study bacteria which normally inhabit potable water. [2] These bacteria tend to be slow-growing species and would quickly be suppressed by faster-growing species on a richer culture medium.
John Capek was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) [1] on 27 November 1947. He is the son of Fred Capek, a concert pianist and mechanical engineer, and Irene Capek, both survivors of Terezin and the Auschwitz concentration camp. [2] Capek moved with his family to Melbourne, Australia at the age of three.
(in Czech) Complete work of Karel Capek is available in fulltext on the web sites of Municipal library in Prague; Karel Čapek at Czechoslovak book network Baila.net Archived 25 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Karel Čapek at Library of Congress, with 300 library catalogue records
Karel Čapek (left) and Josef Čapek (right) The Brothers Čapek were Josef and Karel Čapek, Czech writers who sometimes wrote together.They are commemorated both for their literary/artistic works and political activism against oppressive government.