[Edmond Nocard (1850-1903) and the centenary of the discovery of the first mycoplasma (1898)].
In 1898, E. Nocard from the Alfort National Veterinary School and his colleagues from the Pasteur Institute have succeeded in growing the bovine pleuro-pneumonia agent, using small bags of collodion inserted into the peritoneum of rabbits. Unfortunately, the cultured micro-organism was considered by us as a filterable virus. The confusion between true viruses and mycoplasmas has persisted for a long time and delayed the development of the modern concept of virus until the 1940's.
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Edmond Nocard (1850-1903) et la centenaire de la découverte du premier mycoplasme (1898).