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Date1880
AuthorKoch
Contributiona. Reported role of specific bacteria in the etiology of particular dieeases (wound infections, sepsis and others).
ReferenceBrock (1961)
NotesEnglish translation published in Brock, 1961. Koch could see little morphological differences in the bacteria, and could not produce pure cultures in vitro, but rightly concluded that each "traumatic" disease had its own etiological agent.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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