Robert Koch and American Bacteriology

by Richard Adler

In bacteriology's Golden Age (roughly 1870-1890) European physicians focused on bacteria as causal agents of disease. Advances in microscopy and laboratory methodology--including the ability to isolate and identify micro-organisms--played critical roles. Robert Koch, the most well known of the European researchers for his identification of the etiological agents of anthrax, tuberculosis and cholera, established in Germany the first teaching laboratory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476662592
• ISBN13: 9781476662596
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher