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Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (English: / k ɒ x / KOKH, German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] ⓘ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist.
- Georg Meissner
- Imperial Health Office, Berlin, University of Berlin
Apr 30, 2024 · Robert Koch was a German physician and one of the founders of bacteriology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle (1876) and the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis (1882) and cholera (1883). For his discoveries in regard to tuberculosis, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that caused anthrax, septicaemia, tuberculosis and cholera, and his methods enabled others to identify many more important pathogens.
Apr 2, 2014 · Physician Robert Koch is best known for isolating the tuberculosis bacterium, the cause of numerous deaths in the mid-19th century. He won the Nobel Prize in 1905 for his work.
Nov 10, 2018 · The German physician Robert Koch (December 11, 1843 — May 27, 1910) is considered the father of modern bacteriology for his work demonstrating that specific microbes are responsible for causing specific diseases.
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Jan 27, 2014 · Born Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, in 1843, this Prussian physician’s abbreviated name ‘Robert Koch’ became a byword in infectious diseases practice, for having identified the bacillary aetiology of TB, the 19 th century scourge.4 The enormous public health impact of this discovery on a disease that, at the time, claimed the lives of ...
Robert Koch was one of the most important and influential bacteriologists in history. He is credited with developing many innovative and fundamental laboratory techniques—some of which are still used today—and proving that microorganisms cause anthrax, cholera, and tuberculosis.