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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
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
There is evidence that Listeria monocytogenes had been identified in histological sections years before its formal discovery, before World War I, in Sweden by Hulphers. However, since no cultures were preserved, this is considered a supposition. In 1926, Listeria monocytogenes was first isolated from laboratory rabbits, following an outbreak in laboratory animals, by the bacteriologist Everitt George Dunne Murray who named it Bacterium monocytogenes. This is the oldest well preserved culture of the bacteria, which is kept at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. During the following years Listeria was mostly found among domestic animals, being responsible for different outbreaks around the world.
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] Unline other microorganisms causing gastroenteritis such as Shigella and Yersinia, Listeria was given a different name than its discoverer.
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.