| Date | 1888 |
| Author | Gaertner |
| Contribution | Isolated and named Bacillus enteritidis (later Salmonella enteritidis) from an outbreak of gastro-enteritis. |
| Reference | Garrison |
| Notes | Garrison gives the date as 1889 -- year of publicaton? Gaertner (also Gartner with umlaut) isolated the germ both from a human case and from the unwholesome beef that had caused the outbreak. See 1898. |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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