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Petrie, Karl Friedrich (also known as Cup) was a German bacteriologist and student of Robert Koch. He specialized in the study of pathogenic microorganisms in bacteriology and infectious disease laboratories. His main area of ​​research was vaccines against tuberculosis and syphilis.

Since childhood, Petrie was interested in microorganisms and observed the work of Robert Koch, who was Petrie's teacher. In 1876, thanks to connections received from Koch, Petrie became an assistant to the German scientist Robert Hamerlings. Here he studied syphilis and found that transmission of the infection occurs through blood. This discovery was a turning point for the scientific world and led to the development of antibiotics and vaccines.

After serving as Hamerling's assistant for several years, Petrie received a teaching position at the Institute of Hygiene in Berlin in 1882. He then moved to the Institute of Hygiene under the leadership of Robert Koch and took up the position of assistant.

His work revolutionized the science of microbes and helped to become a bacteriologist