The bacterium Listeria was named in honour of Joseph Lister (1827-1912), an English surgeon, who introduced modern antiseptic surgery. He demonstrated in 1865 that carbolic acid was an effective antiseptic agent, decreasing postoperative fatalities from infection.
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