region of the country. Salmonella a genus of microorganisms, was named after him in 1900 by Joseph Leon Lignières, although the man who actually discovered and named the first strain, Salmonella choleraesuis, was Theobald Smith, Salmon's research assistant. Smith had isolated the bacterium in 1885. Since that time, more than 2,500 subtypes have been identified. Salmon was one of the original developers of Somerset, Maryland, where he built his residence, now known as the Salmon-Stohlman House. Death Salmon died of pneumonia on August 30, 1914, in Butte, Montana, at the age of 64. He is buried in Washington, D.C. Honors Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons of Great Britain Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science President and member of the executive committee, American Veterinary Medical Association Member of the "Washington Academy of Sciences" References External links Daniel E. Salmon Papers at Cornell University 1850 births 1914 deaths American pathologists American veterinarians Bureau of Animal Industry Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine alumni Deaths from pneumonia in Montana Eastman Business College alumni Male veterinarians People from Mount Olive Township, New Jersey People from Somerset, Maryland United States Department of Agriculture officials University of the Republic (Uruguay) faculty