Legends of microbiology and infectious diseases: Robert Koch
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#D36B)
The German physician Robert Koch (1843-1910) contributed so much to the field of microbiology and infectious diseases. A contemporary of Louis Pasteur, Koch worked as a physician most of his life. Some of the great contributions to the field of microbiology and infectious diseases include identifying the bacterium that causes anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) in 1877. ["]
