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Friedrich Julius Rosenbach

Friedrich Julius Rosenbach, also known as Anton Julius Friedrich Rosenbach, (16 December 1842 – 6 December 1923) was a German physician and microbiologist.[1] He is credited for differentiating Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus albus, which is now called Staphylococcus epidermidis, in 1884.[2] He also described and named Streptococcus pyogenes.[3] Rosenbach's disease is also named in his honor.[4]

  1. ^ Friedrich Julius Rosenbach at Who Named It?
  2. ^ "Staphylococcus aureus".
  3. ^ Evans AC (1936), "Studies on hemolytic streptococci: II. Streptococcus pyogenes", Journal of Bacteriology, 31 (6): 611–624, doi:10.1128/JB.31.6.611-624.1936, PMC 543753, PMID 16559919
  4. ^ Rosenbach's disease at Who Named It?

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