CH391L/S13/Phage Therapy

History

The discovery of the "bacteriophage phenomenon" occurred independently over a span of twenty years:

Year	Event
1896	Hankin, British bacteriologist working on Vibrio cholerae
1898	Gamaleya, Russian, Bacillus subtilis
1915	Twort, British, Staphylococcus
1915	d'Herelle, French-Canadian, Shigella. Coined the term "bacteriophage".