This scientist first proved that a specific microbe caused a specific disease; he proved that Bacillus anthracis caused anthrax.

A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek
B. R. J. Petri
C. Francis Redi
D. Louis Pasteur
E. Robert Koch


Answer: E. Robert Koch

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