History

HISTORY
  • Rivolta (1873) described chain forming organisms in pus from a case of strangles in horses.
  • In 1878-79, Pasteur recognized this organism as a pus-forming agent.
  • In 1903, Hugo Schottmuller introduced blood to differentiate various types of hemolysis.
  • In 1928, Rebecca Lancefield reported a serological method of grouping streptococci.
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