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Which of the following is a pathogen that could not be identified by the original Koch’s postulates?

Staphylococcus aureus
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Human immunodeficiency virus
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

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Answer: Human immunodeficiency Virus.

Explanation:

According to Koch postulates the The microorganisms can be grown on pure culture( postulate 2).

But the human immunodeficiency virus cannot be grown on pure culture. Without a suitable not human host a researcher cannot evaluate postulate 2.

Human immunodeficiency virus needs host cell to grow it does not use any other animal as a host cell so this virus does not follows Koch postulates.

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