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This 'bacteria hunter' discovered the causes of tuberculosis, anthrax, and cholera | National Geographic
Nobel Prize - After Robert Koch discovered that tuberculosis was caused by a bacterium, the hunt for a cure began. In 1939, Nobel Laureate Selman Waksman (pictured) and colleagues began systematic studies
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Nobel Prize - German physician Robert Koch, born on this day in 1843, discovered the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) In the 1800s, the disease caused as many as a quarter of
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