Stanley Falkow, a microbiologist who uncovered the molecular underpinnings of infectious diseases, sounded the alarm for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and championed the benefits of microorganisms in the gut and even in stool, died May 5 at his home in Portola Valley, California. He was 84.
Washington Post: Falkow, microbiologist who studied bacteria and the diseases they cause, dies at 84
A picture shows Stanley Falkow, who is considered by many to be the father of the field of bacterial pathogenicity, the study of how bacteria cause human disease.
