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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. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis , cholera and anthrax , he is regarded as one of the main founders of ...
May 23, 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.
On the basis of his knowledge of the biology and mode of distribution of the cholera vibrio, Koch formulated rules for the control of epidemics of cholera which were approved by the Great Powers in Dresden in 1893 and formed the basis of the methods of control which are still used today.
Robert Koch, who had conducted a range of important studies on illnesses caused by microorganisms, discovered and described the TB bacterium in 1882. He later studied tuberculin, a substance formed by tubercle bacteria.
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.
Robert Koch, (born Dec. 11, 1843, Clausthal, Hannover—died May 27, 1910, Baden-Baden, Ger.), German physician. As the first to isolate the anthrax bacillus, observe its life cycle, and develop a preventive inoculation for it, he was the first to prove a causal relationship between a bacillus and a disease.
For his discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1905. Together with Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch is now thought of as the pioneer of microbiology. The early years and initial scientific achievements. Robert Koch was born to a mining family in Clausthal in the Harz region of Germany on 11 December 1843.
Aug 4, 2011 · Robert Koch. 11 December 1843, Clausthal – 27 May 1910, Baden-Baden. The physician and microbiologist Robert Koch discovered the cause of tuberculosis in 1882. Koch was the first physician who succeeded in identifying a pathogenic microorganism.
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 ...
