His achievements have been perhaps unfairly overshadowed by those of his contemporaries, Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, because unlike them, Beijerinck never studied human disease.
Pecapaiannya mungkin telah dibayangi secara tidak adil oleh orang-orang sezamannya, Robert Koch dan Louis Pasteur, karena tidak seperti mereka, Beijerinck tidak pernah mempelajari penyakit manusia.