Jacob Henle developed scientific criteria to link an organism to its specific disease. What are his criteria, which we still use today?
A. Give samples of the organism to three different researchers and see if all three researchers can grow it successfully.
B. Grow the organism on the diseased tissue and then see if, when spread on normal tissue, the organism continues to grow.
C. Identify microorganisms under a microscope and grow them on the tissue that the disease usually infects.
D. Identify the organism, isolate the organism, and see if the organism produces disease.
ANS: D
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