• DOI:10.1093/CID/10.SUPPLEMENT_2.S274
Corpus ID: 13602080

Molecular Koch's postulates applied to microbial pathogenicity.

@article{Falkow1988MolecularKP,
  title={Molecular Koch's postulates applied to microbial pathogenicity.},
  author={S. Falkow},
  journal={Reviews of infectious diseases},
  year={1988},
  volume={10 Suppl 2},
  pages={
          S274-6
        }
}

S. Falkow

Published 1988

Biology, Medicine

Reviews of infectious diseases

Microbial genetics and molecular cloning now permit us to routinely isolate specific genes from a variety of microbial pathogens. Obviously not all genes from pathogenic microorganisms play a role in pathogenicity or virulence. Just as Koch's postulates were formulated to identify the causal relationship between an organism and a specific disease, the notion is presented here that a form of molecular Koch's postulates is needed when examining the potential role of genes and their products in… CONTINUE READING

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