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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Listeria monocytogenes (formerly Bacterium monocytogenes) was isolated in 1926 by Everitt Murray and renamed Listeria monocytogenes in 1940 after Joseph Lister in honor of his discovery of sterilization to prevent surgical infection.
Historical Perspective
In 1926, Listeria monocytogenes was first isolated by the bacteriologist Everitt George Dunne Murray from laboratory rabbits and named Bacterium monocytogenes.
It was later renamed Listerlla monocytogenes and finally Listeria monocytogenes in 1940 to honor Joseph Lister, the British scientist who discovered that sterilizing surgical instruments before operations greatly reduced the chance of infection.[1]
Notes
- Murray, E.G.D., R. A. Webb, and M.B.R. Swann. 1926. A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leucocytosis, caused by a hitherto undescribed bacillus Bacterium monocytogenes. J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 29:407-39
References
- ↑ "Obituary Notice. E. G. D. Murray, 1890-1964". Journal of General Microbiology. 46 (1): 1–21. 1967. doi:10.1099/00221287-46-1-1. ISSN 0022-1287.