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December 11, 1843
 in 
Clausthal?, Germany
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May 27, 1910
 in 
Baden-Baden?, Germany
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for the discovery of the tubercle bacillus (1882) and the cholera? bacillus (1883). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1905. He is considered one of the founders of bacteriology?.

born: December 11, 1843 in Clausthal?, Germany
died: May 27, 1910 in Baden-Baden?, Germany
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for the discovery of the tubercle bacillus (1882) and the cholera? bacillus (1883). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1905. He is considered one of the founders of bacteriology?.

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In Berlin, he improved the methods he used in Wollstein, including staining and purification techniques, and bacterial growth media, including agar? plates and the Petri dish (named after R. J. Petri), both of which are still used today. With these techniques, he was able to discover the bacterium causing tuberculosis in 1882. Tuberculosis was the cause of one in seven death in the mid-19th century. The importance of his findings raised Koch to the level of Pasteur in bacteriological research.
In Berlin, he improved the methods he used in Wollstein, including staining and purification techniques, and bacterial growth media, including agar? plates and the Petri dish (named after R. J. Petri), both of which are still used today. With these techniques, he was able to discover the bacterium causing tuberculosis in 1882. Tuberculosis was the cause of one in seven death in the mid-19th century. The importance of his findings raised Koch to the level of Pasteur in bacteriological research.

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But after his success the quality of his own research declined (especially with the fiasco over his ineffective TB cure 'tuberculin'), although his pupils using his methods found the organisms responsible for diphtheria, typhoid, pneumonia, gonorrhoea, cerebrospinal meingitis, leprosy, plague, tetanus abd syphilis among others.
But after his success the quality of his own research declined (especially with the fiasco over his ineffective TB cure 'tuberculin'), although his pupils using his methods found the organisms responsible for diphtheria, typhoid, pneumonia, gonorrhoea, cerebrospinal meingitis, leprosy, plague, tetanus and syphilis among others.
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