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Friday 31 Jan 2014: Salmonella named after Dr D.E. Salmon
The bacteria salmonella were named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, a veterinary surgeon working for the US Department of Agriculture, by their discoverer Theobald Smith, Dr Salmon's research assistant, in 1885.

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