In the latter part of the 19th century Robert Koch and his lab used a process no

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In the latter part of the 19th century Robert Koch and his lab used a process now known as Koch's Postulates to prove the causes of a variety of diseases plaguing mankind, including tuberculosis, gonorrhea, anthrax, strep infections, staph infections, cholera, and others. Koch himself originated the pour plate technique, while two people working in Koch's lab, Loeffler and Gaffky, developed the streak plate method. In the space below, list Koch's Postulates and put a star by the step(s) where the steak plate technique would be useful

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1) The microorganism should be present in all cases of the disease.

*2)* The pathogen can be isolated or separated from the diseased host and grown in a culture.

3) The pathogen from the pure culture should cause the disease when it is inoculated into a healthy, susceptible individual.

*4)* The pathogen should be isolated from the new host and be shown to be the same as the originally inoculated pathogen.

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