Americo Pomales Lebrón, Puerto Rican microbiologist (Guayama 01 January 1904 – 16 December 1984)

DEVELOPED METHODS

With B.M. Thomason, W.B. Cherry & B.R. Davis. Rapid presumptive identification of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in faecal smears by means of fluorescent antibody. I. Preparation and testing of reagents. Bull. World Health Org. (1961)

With C. Fernandez. A method for estimating the number of bacteria in liquids and tissues. J. Bacteriol. 64(6):837-45, 1952

With P. Morales Otero. A method for preservation of oxalate plasma for fibrinolytic tests. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 41:609, 1939