The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Description:: Following Fred Griffith's demonstration in 1928 that R and S strains of pneumococci could be converted from one to the other, the focus of Avery's laboratory began to shift to the problem of bacterial transformation.
Number of Image Pages:: 1 (164,812 Bytes)
Date Supplied:: 1930s
Creator:: Schmidt, Louis E.
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Exhibit Category:: Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940
Unique Identifier:: CCBBDB
Document Type:: Photographic prints; Portraits
Format:: image/jpeg; image/tif
Physical Condition:: Good
Metadata Last Modified Date:: 2006-11-13