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Why is Robert koch famous?

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In Germany, Robert Koch identified one kind of microorganism in many samples of tissue taken from people with tuberculosis. Because he always found the same microorganism, Koch hypothesized that each infectious disease is caused by one specific pathogen.

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Because he worked on anthrax and tuberculosis (TB) and he further developed the work of Louis Pasteur. He found the Infectious Diseases were cause by living, parasitic organisms.

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