#Personbehindthename
📣 Who is behind #Kingella kingae, #Elizabethkingia
meningoseptica, and several other bacteria? Anne-Marie Dolan et al describe the legacy of Elizabeth O. King, #CDC microbiologist & World War II army officer, for our #Personbehindthename series.

#IDSky #clinmicro

www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...
Microbiology royalty: Elizabeth O. King and the legacy of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
The genus Elizabethkingia comprises Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming aerobic rods in the family Weeksellaceae. These nonglucose-fermenting organisms were long included within Flavobacterium ...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM