SUPER MICROBE HUNTER

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  1. 1. MICROSCOPE – The primary optical tool Koch used every single day to visually inspect and photograph his tiny discoveries.3. GERMS – The general word for microscopic organisms; Koch proved that specific ones cause specific illnesses.4. POSTULATES – The iconic four-step logical rules (Koch's __________) used to scientifically prove a pathogen causes a disease.2. ANTHRAX – The deadly disease affecting farm cattle that Koch completely mapped out first, proving it formed tough, survival spores.4. PETRI – Julius ______, an assistant in Koch's lab, invented the shallow glass dish with a lid used to hold agar plates.5. STAINING – The innovative laboratory technique Koch used with colored dyes to make invisible bacteria pop under a lens.6. CHOLERA – Koch traveled all the way to Egypt and India to track down the waterborne bacteria that caused this devastating disease.7. AGAR – The amazing, firm seaweed jelly suggestion that replaced slimy potato slices for growing pure bacterial families.8. TUBERCULOSIS – The famous lung disease caused by a slow-growing bacteria that won Koch global fame when he isolated it in 1882.9. NOBEL – In 1905, Koch received the ultimate scientific honor, winning the ______ Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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