Wednesday 27 May 2015

This founder of modern bacteriology who formulated FOUR POSTULATES had taught himself to read & write!!!




Robert Heinrich Herman Koch (11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a celebrated German physician and pioneering microbiologist. The founder of modern bacteriology, he is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax and for giving experimental support for the concept of infectious disease. For his groundbreaking research on tuberculosis, Koch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905.

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