The Pneumococcus, Prominent Microbiologists, Contributions and Cross-Connections
‘He who knows syphilis knows medicine’ goes the saying. In a similar way this adage could be applied to the Pneumococcus, aka Streptococcus pneumoniae, Diplococcus pneumoniae or Diplococcus lanceolatus by saying “He who knows S. pneumoniae knows microbiology”. Many ‘big names’ studied the organism. Their work on the Pneumococcus led to Continue reading The Pneumococcus, Prominent Microbiologists, Contributions and Cross-Connections