PERSON@1 -LRB- NUMBER@1 July NUMBER@2 -- NUMBER@3 February NUMBER@4 -RRB- was a MISC@1 physician , remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in NUMBER@5 as the causative agent of leprosy .

PERSON@2 -LRB- July NUMBER@1 , NUMBER@2 - February NUMBER@3 , NUMBER@4 -RRB- was a MISC@1 doctor and scientist who was famous for discovering the bacteria that causes leprosy in NUMBER@5 .
