Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...

. In 1926, White published a schema for classifying

salmonella ''Salmonella'' is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The two species of ''Salmonella'' are ''Salmonella enterica'' and ''Salmonella bongori''. ''S. enterica'' is the type species and is fur ...

bacteria based on serum.F. Kauffmann: ''Das Fundament.'' Munksgaard, Kopenhagen, 1978. This was later extended by the Danish microbiologist Fritz Kauffmann, the

Kauffman–White classification The Kauffmann–White classification or Kauffmann and White classification scheme is a system that classifies the genus ''Salmonella'' into serotypes, based on surface antigens. It is named after Philip Bruce White and Fritz Kauffmann. First the ...

. White became a

fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

on 20 March 1941. White died in London.

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People from Bangor, Gwynedd People educated at Friars School, Bangor 1891 births 1949 deaths British microbiologists Fellows of the Royal Society {{Microbiology-stub