A Brief History of Microbiology Flashcards
1
Q
micron (___) + ___ (the study of living things) = microbiology (___)
A
small, biologia, study of small living things
2
Q
Working definition
A
study of entities too small to be seen with the unaided human eye
3
Q
Who is the father of modern microbiology?
A
Louis Pasteur
4
Q
What is fermentation
A
sugar converted to alcohol
5
Q
What is a pathogen?
A
something that causes disease
6
Q
What may be the most important microbiological event? Proper name?
A
domestication of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiiae (means sugar fungus that makes beer)
7
Q
Who is given credit for the Germ Theory of Disease?
A
Louis Pasteur
8
Q
Who invented handwashing?
A
Semmelweis
9
Q
Who invented antiseptic?
A
Lister
10
Q
Who invented infection control/ field of epidemiology?
A
Snow
11
Q
Who invented the smallpox vaccine/ field of immunology?
A
Jenner
