Complement

 

                                                       Jules Bordet To Bordatella Pertusis 

 

 

In 1906, Belgian scientists Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou isolated Bordetella pertussis and developed the Bordet–Gengou agar, the classic medium for culturing the organism.

 

 

 

 

Jules Bordet/Octave Gengou = Bordatella Pertusis

                                         Mercury Drop Colonies = Bordet Gengou Medium

 

            

                                           1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 

                                                                     Jules Bordet

Discoveries related to immunity, including his work on the complement system and the development of the complement fixation test.

 

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