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When did Robert Koch announce that he had isolated the tuberculosis bacterium?
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Robert Koch
Best known for demonstrating that specific microorganisms cause specific diseases, German bacteriologist and physician helped to confirm the germ theory of disease.
Robert Koch announced his discovery of the tubercle bacillusāthe bacterium responsible for tuberculosisāon March 24, 1882. He made this announcement before the Physiological Society of Berlin, confirming that he had successfully isolated and grown the organism in pure culture and established its role as the cause of the disease.1