October 20th Born 20 Oct 1812; died 13 Mar 1886 at age 73. American physician who was an eminent doctor and pioneer of...

October 19th Born 19 Oct 1916. French hematologist and immunologist whose studies of the genetic basis of the immunological reaction earned him a share...

Borrelia burgdorferi: Helical shaped spirochete.

October 18th Born 18 Oct 1616; died 1654. English pharmacist, botanist and physician who published the Complete Herbal (1653), a comprehensive listing of...

H pylori: a helical-shaped curved rod with 6-8 flagella at one end.

Yersinia Pestis: Safety pin appearance on Wayson stain.

October 16th Swiss biologist, the father of experimental physiology, who made prolific contributions to physiology, anatomy, botany, embryology, poetry, and...

M.lepra: Cigar-shaped bundled rods

October 15th Australian immunologist and pathologist who, with Swiss-born Rolf Zinkernagel, shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Green colonies