Which of the following is not one of Koch's postulates for determining whether a particular microorganism causes a particular disease?
A) The microorganism is always found in the diseased individual.
B) The microorganism taken from the diseased host can be grown in pure culture.
C) A sample of the pure culture of the microorganism produces the disease when it is injected into an uninfected host.
D) A host infected by injection from the cultured microorganism yields a new culture of the microorganism identical to the original culture.
E) A host infected by the microorganism can infect another organism by transmission of the microorganism through an insect vector.

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The fifth postulate proposed by Koch is that the microorganism should be capable of being transmitted from one organism to another through an insect vector. However, this postulate is not always applicable for all diseases and microorganisms.

Which of the Following Is Not One of Koch's Postulates