10 Questions
Who is credited with describing methods for the easy microscopic examination of bacteria in 1877?
Robert Koch
In which year did Robert Koch discover the causal agent of tuberculosis?
1882
What is a limitation of Koch's postulates as described in the text?
Some organisms cannot be grown on artificial media
What is the term used to describe the hypersensitivity reaction observed in a guinea pig infected with the tubercle bacillus as mentioned in the text?
Koch's phenomenon
Which scientist is known as the father of bacteriology?
Robert Koch
What did Robert Koch device a simple method for, as mentioned in the text?
Isolating pure cultures of bacteria
Which disease's causal agent has NOT been cultured on artificial medium so far as per the text?
Leprosy
What term refers to Robert Koch's criteria for proving the causal relationship between a microorganism and a specific disease?
Koch's laws
In which year did Robert Koch observe Koch's phenomenon?
1890
What discovery was made by Robert Koch about cholera as per the text?
Causal agent of cholera
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