5 votes The man who drank Cholera and launched the yogurt craze. Ilya Metchnikoff laid the foundation for modern probiotics. Posted May 26, 2021 by cfabbro Tags: biology, ilya metchnikoff, louis pasteur, pasteur institute, immunology, leucocytes, phagocytes, probiotics, antibiotics, microbiome, yogurt, history, 19th century, russia, france, author.lina zeldovich, source.nautilus, paywall https://nautil.us/issue/100/outsiders/the-man-who-drank-cholera-and-launched-the-yogurt-craze-rp