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Koch   /kɔtʃ/  /koʊk/   Listen
Koch

noun
1.
German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910).  Synonym: Robert Koch.





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... by far the most common form of this willow; mature leaves glabrous above; twigs yellow. Var. caerulea, Koch.; mature leaves bluish-green, glabrous above, glaucous beneath; ...
— Handbook of the Trees of New England • Lorin Low Dame
... "Plates" (Fig. 8, a).—These have now completely replaced the rectangular sheets of glass introduced by Koch for the plate method of cultivation. Each "plate" consists of a pair of circular discs of glass with sharply upturned edges, thus forming shallow dishes, one of slightly greater diameter than the other, and so, when inverted, forming a cover or cap for the smaller. ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre


Words linked to "Koch" :   Robert Koch, bacteriologist


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