Robert Koch and the chicken cholera vaccination

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  • Created on: 12-10-16 19:05

ROBERT KOCH 

- Developed an interest in Louis Pasteurs germ theory (published 1861). 

- Investigated anthrax, a disease affecting animals and humans. 

- In 1875, he managed to discover the specific bacterium that causes anthrax 

- It was the first time a specific germ that caused a specific disease had been identified and it was further proof of Pasteurs theory. 

- Identified bacteria that caused septicaemia, tuberculosis and cholera. 

- Developed a method of proving which bacterium were causing disease through experiments with mice. 

- Developed a solid medium as an easier way to study bacteria rather than using liquid mediums

- He even grew bacteria on potatoes.

- Developed new ways of staining bacteria with a purple colouring (seen more easily)

- Developed ways of staining bacteria so they could be photographed with high quality photographic lens and studied in further detail. 

- Edward Jenner discovers that cowpox vaccinates…

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