| Date | 1877 |
| Author | Bilroth |
| Contribution | Introduced term "streptococcus." |
| Reference | Foster |
| Notes | Gave the name to germs arranged in pairs or chains and seen in septic wounds. He lumped them with other forms as a single organism, "cocco-bacteria septica," but made no advance on Lister's concept of etiology of wound infections (and perhaps retreated from it). |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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