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LEDERBERG, Esther (1922 – 2006)

LEDERBERG, Esther (1922 – 2006)

1922 – 2006

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg · estherlederberg.com · Attribution

1950 CE

#13525

Lysogenicity in Escherichia coli strain K-12.

Discovery of phage λ (lambda phage). According to estherlederberg.com, only about 100 people received the first issue of Microbial Genetics Bulletin, a typed and mimeographed publication. Digital facsimile from…

1952 CE

#9719

Replica plating and indirect selection of bacterial mutants.

Demonstration of the mutational basis of antibiotic resistance. Digital facsimile from PubMedCentral at this link.