Which of the following is NOT true about Koch's postulates? First developed by Robert Koch, the pioneering German microbiologist In the first step, the microbe that causes a naturally occurring disease is cultured from a "wild" (non-laboratory) animal which has that disease O None of the other four answers (All are true about Koch's Postulates) They represent a process for showing a causal association between a specific microbe and a disease If the same microbe from a diseased "wild" (non-laboratory) host causes the same disease in a lab animal and it can be cultured from that lab animal, this proves that the microbe is the cause of the naturally occurring disease

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Which of the following is NOT true about Koch's postulates?
First developed by Robert Koch, the pioneering German microbiologist
In the first step, the microbe that causes a naturally occurring disease is cultured from a "wild"
(non-laboratory) animal which has that disease
None of the other four answers (All are true about Koch's Postulates)
They represent a process for showing a causal association between a specific microbe and a
disease
If the same microbe from a diseased "wild" (non-laboratory) host causes the same disease in a
lab animal and it can be cultured from that lab animal, this proves that the microbe is the cause
of the naturally occurring disease
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following is NOT true about Koch's postulates? First developed by Robert Koch, the pioneering German microbiologist In the first step, the microbe that causes a naturally occurring disease is cultured from a "wild" (non-laboratory) animal which has that disease None of the other four answers (All are true about Koch's Postulates) They represent a process for showing a causal association between a specific microbe and a disease If the same microbe from a diseased "wild" (non-laboratory) host causes the same disease in a lab animal and it can be cultured from that lab animal, this proves that the microbe is the cause of the naturally occurring disease
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Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who is known for his contributions to the fields of bacteriology and immunology. He is best known for developing Koch's postulates, a set of criteria used to establish a causal relationship between a microbe and a disease.

Koch's postulates are:

  1. The microbe must be present in all cases of the disease and absent from healthy individuals.
  2. The microbe must be isolated from a sick individual and grown in pure culture in the laboratory.
  3. A sample of the microbe from the pure culture must cause the same disease when inoculated into a healthy, susceptible animal.
  4. The same microbe must be isolated again from the diseased animal.

If all four postulates are met, then the microbe is considered the cause of the disease. Koch's postulates revolutionized the study of infectious diseases and remain an important tool for understanding the causes of microbial diseases.

 

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