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Was Jules Bordet's work in microbiology primarily theoretical or experimental?

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Jules Bordet's work in microbiology was primarily experimental. He developed a number of experimental techniques, including the Bordet-Gengou method for the diagnosis of typhoid fever and the Bordet-Wassermann test for syphilis. He also discovered the substance lysozyme, which is now known to be an enzyme that breaks down the cell walls of bacteria.
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