PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781307412420
Author: WILLEY
Publisher: MCG/CREATE
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The founder of modern microbiology is Robert Koch, a German microbiologist and a physician. He examined the cycle of anthrax disease in 1876 and studied about the causative agent of tuberculosis (a bacterial disease) in 1882 and cholera in 1883. He is the founder magic bullets (chemical destroys bacteria). Koch’s postulates are very significant, because there are ethical and practical limits in the application of Koch's postulates.

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