The Families and Genera of the Bacteria Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types

Winslow, C.‐E. A.; Broadhurst, Jean; Buchanan, R. E.; Krumwiede, Charles; Rogers, L. A.; Smith, Geo. H.

doi:10.1128/jb.5.3.191-229.1920

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“…Apparently, similar organisms were reported shortly afterwards by Nelson (58) and McGaughey (54). The genus Haemophilus, created some years earlier for bacteria "growing best (or only) in the presence of haemoglobin, and in general requiring blood serum or ascitic fluid'" (88), appeared to be a natural home for these organisms. Hence, the independent proposals of Elliot and Lewis (21) and Delaplane et al (19) of the name "Haemophilus gallinarum" for the causative agent of infectious coryza were readily accepted.…”

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The avian haemophili.

Blackall

1989

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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The avian haemophili.

Blackall

1989

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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“…It was originally described as Microbe septicémique de la salive by Pasteur and as Micrococcus pasteuri by Sternberg (Watson et al, 1993). It was subsequently referred to as Pneumococcus and was renamed Diplococcus pneumoniae in 1920 (Winslow et al, 1920). It was finally given the name S. pneumoniae in 1974 (Deibel & Seeley, 1974).…”

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Tn916-like genetic elements: a diverse group of modular mobile elements conferring antibiotic resistance

2011

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Antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacteria are responsible for morbidity and mortality in healthcare environments. Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae can all exhibit clinically relevant multidrug resistance phenotypes due to acquired resistance genes on mobile genetic elements. It is possible that clinically relevant multidrug-resistant Clostridium difficile strains will appear in the future, as the organism is adept at acquiring mobile genetic elements (plasmids and transposons). Conjugative transposons of the Tn916/Tn1545 family, which carry major antibiotic resistance determinants, are transmissible between these different bacteria by a conjugative mechanism during which the elements are excised by a staggered cut from donor cells, converted to a circular form, transferred by cell-cell contact and inserted into recipient cells by a site-specific recombinase. The ability of these conjugative transposons to acquire additional, clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes importantly contributes to the emergence of multidrug resistance.

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“…By 1886 this organism was being referred to as Pneumococcus by Fraenkel [S] because of its propensity to cause pulmonary disease. It was renamed Diplococcus pneumoniae in I920 [9] -a designation obviously referring to pairs of cocci causing pneumonia. This epithet was first suggested by Weichselbaum in 1886 [ lo-131 in a series of case reports on the causative agent ofwhat was then called croupous pneumonia; he also referred to pneumococci as "kapsel kokken."…”

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A Brief History of the Pneumococcus in Biomedical Research: A Panoply of Scientific Discovery

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Jacobson

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Clinical Infectious Diseases

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Because of its prominence as a cause of disease in humans, Streptococcus pneumoniae has been the subject of intensive investigation at both the clinical level and the basic scientific level during the past century. In a number of instances, these studies have resulted in important progress toward the comprehension of basic biological principles. The areas advanced by studies of the pneumococcus include an understanding of the concept of pathogenesis of infectious disease; the development of Gram's stain for identification of bacteria in specimens from patients; the elucidation of the role of the bacterial capsule in resistance to phagocytosis by cells of the host's immune system; the demonstration that molecules other than proteins are capable of eliciting the host's humoral immune responses and later, by extension, that isolated bacterial exopolysaccharides can be used safely and effectively as vaccines in humans; the documentation of the efficacy of penicillin; the collection of conclusive evidence that DNA encodes genetic information; and the investigation of putative proteinaceous virulence factors.

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The Families and Genera of the Bacteria Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types

Cited by 163 publications

References 16 publications

The avian haemophili.

The avian haemophili.

Tn916-like genetic elements: a diverse group of modular mobile elements conferring antibiotic resistance

A Brief History of the Pneumococcus in Biomedical Research: A Panoply of Scientific Discovery

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