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Could someone help me solve this question..

'Using Koch as an example, describe the circumstances which
resulted in a named organism being identified as the cause of a
disease.''
 

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Koch applied Koch's postulates to identify a particular type of bacteria as a cause of anthrax in sheep.
He examined infected sheep's blood under a microscope and noticed that they contain these bacteria. He infected healthy sheep with same bacteria, and they also developed anthrax.
 

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