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robert koch

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1. Koch, Robert Kochnoun

   German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)

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1. Robert Koch

   Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (English: KOKH, German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈkɔx] (listen); 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 (though the bacterium itself was discovered by Filippo Pacini in 1854), and anthrax, he is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology. As such he is popularly nicknamed the father of microbiology (with Louis Pasteur), and as the father of medical bacteriology. His discovery of the anthrax bacterium (Bacillus anthracis) in 1876 is considered as the birth of modern bacteriology. His discoveries directly provided proofs for the germ theory of diseases, and the scientific basis of public health.While working as a private physician, Koch developed many innovative techniques in microbiology. He was the first to use the oil immersion lens, condenser, and microphotography in microscopy. His invention of the bacterial culture method using agar and glass plates (later developed as the Petri dish by his assistant Julius Richard Petri) made him the first to grow bacteria in the laboratory. In appreciation of his work, he was appointed to government advisor at the Imperial Health Office in 1880, promoted to a senior executive position (Geheimer Regierungsrat) in 1882, Director of Hygienic Institute and Chair (Professor of hygiene) of the Faculty of Medicine at Berlin University in 1885, and the Royal Prussian Institute for Infectious Diseases (later renamed Robert Koch Institute after his death) in 1891. The methods Koch used in bacteriology led to establishment of a medical concept known as Koch's postulates, four generalized medical principles to ascertain the relationship of pathogens with specific diseases. The concept is still in use in most situations and influences subsequent epidemiological principles such as the Bradford Hill criteria. A major controversy followed when Koch discovered tuberculin as a medication for tuberculosis which was proven to be ineffective, but developed for diagnosis of tuberculosis after his death. For his research on tuberculosis, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905. The day he announced the discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium, 24 March 1882, has been observed by the World Health Organization as "World Tuberculosis Day" every year since 1982.

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1. robert koch

   Robert Koch (1843-1910) was a German physician and microbiologist who made significant contributions to the field of bacteriology. He is best known for discovering the bacterium which causes tuberculosis, developing the techniques to isolate bacteria, and formulating Koch's postulates - a series of principles establishing a systematic approach to prove that a specific organism is the cause of a specific disease. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his tuberculosis research.

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1. Robert Koch

   Robert Heinrich Herman Koch, considered to be the founder of modern bacteriology, is known for his role in identifying the specific causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax and for giving experimental support for the concept of infectious disease. In addition to his pioneering studies on these diseases, Koch created and improved significant laboratory technologies and techniques in the field of microbiology, and made a number of key discoveries pertaining to public health. His research led to the creation of Koch’s postulates, a series of four generalized principles linking specific microorganisms to particular diseases which remain today the “gold standard” in medical microbiology. As a result of his groundbreaking research on tuberculosis, Koch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905.

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   The numerical value of robert koch in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

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Examples of robert koch in a Sentence

1. Marieke Degen:

   If you have low infection numbers in total -- in Germany [ Robert Koch Institute's ] some hundreds per day -- and some larger outbreaks, R can rise quite quickly, but this is not that problematic, it would be far worse if you'd have 50,000 daily cases and an estimated R of around 2-3.

2. Marieke Degen:

   R must always be seen in context, if you have low infection numbers in total -- in Germany [ Robert Koch Institute's ] some hundreds per day -- and some larger outbreaks, R can rise quite quickly, but this is not that problematic.

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