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Koch's postulates
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Koch's postulates [′kōks ′päs·chə·ləts]
(microbiology)
A set of laws elucidated by Robert Koch: the microorganism identified as the etiologic agent must be present in every case of the disease; the etiologic agent must be isolated and cultivated in pure culture; the organism must produce the disease when inoculated in pure culture into susceptible animals; a microorganism must be observed in and recovered from the experimentally diseased animal. Also known as law of specificity of bacteria.
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Indeed, Koch postulates that 20% of a company's clients account for 80% of its income and then goes on to explain how companies should focus their greatest efforts on the 20% that really matters and exploit the enormous potential of that magic number.
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First, within the granulomatous brain lesions, the strongest evidence for the authors' conclusion, no acid-fast bacilli were isolated or identified on special stains; thus, the Koch postulates were not satisfied.
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