User:Wikmay/Michael D. L. Johnson

Michael D. L Johnson is an associate professor of Immunobiology at the University of Arizona. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Duke University. He expanded his studies and earned his PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the university of North Carolina. Michael professionally conducted research at St. Jude Children's hospital following his postdoctoral fellowship.

Michael D. L. Johnson studied how the streptococcus pneumoniae; a primary agent known to cause pneumonia, is able to process metals in order to survive. According to the national library of medicine streptococcus pneumoniae is gram positive, and a latent shaped bacterium that is primarily known to cause community known pneumonia. Michael's work focuses on novelty ideas to help kill the pathogenic bacterium.