[1S] UNIT 1.1 Historical Background Taxonomy Flashcards
Systematic study of organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked eye
Microbiology
Involves the study of:
• Bacteria
• Viruses
• Parasites
• Fungi
Microbiology
suggested disease is caused by “invisible living creatures”
Girolamo Fracastoro
introduced the Germ Theory
Girolamo Fracastoro
Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
1st person to observe and describe microorganisms and called them as “animalcules”
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Modern Microbiology
Louis Pasteur
- Disproved Spontaneous Generation
- Proponent of Biogenesis
Louis Pasteur
- Creation of Attenuated Vaccines
- Fermentation
- Pasteurization
Louis Pasteur
developed the antiseptic system of surgery
Joseph Lister
- Discovery of Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Culture of Bacteria using media
Robert Koch
Use of Agar and Petri Dish in Cultivating Bacteria
Robert Koch
KOCH’S POSTULATES
T/F: Microorganism must be observed in every case of the disease
T
KOCH’S POSTULATES
T/F: It must be isolated and grown in mixed culture
F; pure culture
KOCH’S POSTULATES
T/F: The pure culture, when inoculated in animals, must reproduce the disease
T
KOCH’S POSTULATES
T/F: Microorganism must be recovered from the diseased animal
T