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Robert Koch

Robert Koch
German bacteriologist Robert Koch won the 1905 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Known as the father of modern bacteriology, Koch proved that infectious diseases were caused by microorganisms and developed techniques for isolating and identifying disease-causing bacteria.
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Cholera; Bacteriology; Koch, Robert
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