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Who discovered E. coli?

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Bacteria was first discovered in the 1660's but scientists didn't understand its role in human disease. It wasn't until the late-1800's before doctors understood that bacteria can make people sick.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a dutch cloth merchant discovered bacteria in 1870.

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around 129,0000 years ago, but they thaught it was a toe nail specimen before they examined it.

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Theodor Escherich

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