Title:

Immunologic Relationships of Cell Constituents of Pneumococcus

Creator:

Heidelberger, Michael
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Date:

June 1923

Description:

In this follow-up to their article published the previous year on the specific soluble substance, or SSS, Avery and Heidelberger concluded that the pneumococcus cell possesses at least two distinct substances which are directly concerned with the organism's biological specificity. Their research suggested that one of these substances, which they termed the polysaccharide of pneumococcus, was not only serologically reactive, but unlike the protein of pneumococcus, was type-specific, and therefore could identify a particular variant of pneumonia.

Periodical:

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Publisher:

Rockefeller University. Press

Rights:

Reproduced from The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1923, vol. 38, pp. 81-85 by copyright permission of The Rockefeller University Press.

Genre:

Articles

Format:

Text

Extent:

5 pages

Relation:

The Elaboration of Specific Soluble Substance by Pneumococcus During Growth, 1917
The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus, 1923
The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Second Paper, 1924

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Avery, Oswald T., and Michael Heidelberger. "Immunologic Relationships of Cell Constituents of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 38, 1 (June 1923): 81-85. Article. 5 Images.. Journal of Experimental Medicine

Legacy ID:

CCGMBT

NLM ID:

101584575X535

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X535

Story Section:

The "Sugar-Coated Microbe" and the Search for a Cure for Pneumonia, 1919-1929