Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the cholera vibrio (1883) and for his development of Koch's postulates. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905. He is considered one of the founders of bacteriology. Wikipedia
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Selected works: - Koch, Robert. 1876. Die Aetiologie der Milzbrand-Krankheit, begrndet auf die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Bacillus Anthracis. vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/people/data?id=per99