Othello Washington
Othello Washington was an African-American microbiologist who worked at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research from as early as the late 1950s (probably earlier) until at least the late 1980s.[1] Othello went by "Wash" and was a lab technician, although he was known for being very experienced and skilled.
Career
[edit]He worked with Stanley Falkow during Stan's PhD thesis work and assisted him in isolating and discovering plasmids. Washington published a paper on the GC content of Proteus species with Stan Falkow, contributing the earliest knowledge of this genus of organisms as distinct species.[2] After working with Falkow, Washington continued to work under Samuel B. Formal, and contributed to multiple fundamental studies of bacterial pathogenesis.
Washington is an author on a study titled "Invasion of HeLa Cells by Salmonella typhimurium: A Model for Study of Invasiveness of Salmonella".[3] This paper helped establish HeLa cells as an appropriate cell line to model Salmonella infection of intestinal epithelium. Washington also was a contributing author on a 1986 study of Shigella pathogenesis.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Falkow, Stanley (2020). And what's beyond that? : a memoir by the father of microbial pathogenesis. [United States]. ISBN 979-8-6873-4014-4. OCLC 1225499908.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Falkow, Stanley; Ryman, I. R.; Washington, O. (1962). "DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID BASE COMPOSITION OF PROTEUS AND PROVIDENCE ORGANISMS". Journal of Bacteriology. 83 (6): 1318–1321. doi:10.1128/jb.83.6.1318-1321.1962. PMC 279453. PMID 13891463.
- ^ Giannella, R. A.; Washington, O.; Gemski, P.; Formal, S. B. (1973-07-01). "Invasion of HeLa Cells by Salmonella typhimurium: A Model for Study of Invasiveness of Salmonella". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 128 (1): 69–75. doi:10.1093/infdis/128.1.69. ISSN 0022-1899. PMID 4577975.
- ^ Dinari, G.; Hale, T. L.; Washington, O.; Formal, S. B. (1986). "Effect of guinea pig or monkey colonic mucus on Shigella aggregation and invasion of HeLa cells by Shigella flexneri 1b and 2a". Infection and Immunity. 51 (3): 975–978. doi:10.1128/iai.51.3.975-978.1986. PMC 260999. PMID 3081449.
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