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Who established that anthrax disease of sheep is caused by Bacillus anthracis?

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Paul Vuillemin

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Alexander Fleming

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Funk

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Robert Koch

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Solution

The correct option is D Robert Koch
Bacillus anthracis is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive, aerobic bacterium about 1 by 9 μm in size. It was shown to cause disease by Robert Koch in 1876 when he took a blood sample from an infected cow, isolated the bacteria and put them into a mouse.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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