| Date | 1872 |
| Author | Schroeter |
| Contribution | Reported his studies on the occurrence of pure cultures of microbes on the cut surface of boiled potatoes. |
| Reference | Brock |
| Notes | Koch almost certainly knew of this work but did not cite it in his great paper of 1881, which dealt with the use of solid media. Several works of Schroeter are given in Index Bergeyana 1966. |
| Category | Miscellany |
| Pathogen Class | Bacteria |
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