(1843–1910), German bacteriologist, who identified the organisms causing anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1905).
Definition of Koch, Robert in US English:
Koch, Robert
proper nounkôKH
(1843–1910), German bacteriologist. He identified the organisms that cause anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1905).