06 细菌感染的检测与预防.pptVIP

Molecular Kochs postulates are a set of experimental criteria that must be satisfied to show that a gene found in a pathogenic microorganism encodes a product that contributes to the disease caused by the pathogen. Genes that satisfy molecular Kochs postulates are often referred to as virulence factors. The postulates were formulated by the microbiologist Stanley Falkow in 1988 and are based on Kochs postulates.[1] The postulates as originally described by Dr. Falkow are as follows: The phenotype or property under investigation should be associated with pathogenic members of a genus or pathoge