The first electron microscopical images of TMV were made in 1939 by Gustav Kausche, Edgar Pfankuch and Helmut Ruska – the brother of Nobel Prize winner Ernst Ruska.
As primeiras imaxes de microscopio electrónico do VMT foron realizadas en 1939 por Gustav Kausche, Edgar Pfankuch e Helmut Ruska (irmán do gañador do Nobel Ernst Ruska).