C1 - HISTORY Flashcards
It is the study of the microorganisms, a large and diverse group of microscopic organisms made of single cell or cluster of cells
MICROBIOLOGY
Suggested that diseases were caused by “invisible living creatures”
LUCRETIUS (95-55 B.C) AND GIROLAMO
FRACASTORO (1478-1553)
Contagion Theory
Fracastoro
No disease are from not supernatural causes but natural causes
Hippocrates
Theory of Humors:
Blood
Phlegm
Yellow bile
Black bile
Made the earliest observations on bees and weevils using a microscope supplied by Galileo
FRANCESCO STELLUTI (1577-1652)
Reported to the world that life’s smallest structural units were “little boxes,” or “cells,”
Robert Hooke
“all living things are composed of cells”
CELL THEORY
Considered as the “first true microbiologist”
First actually to observe live microorganisms through the magnifying lenses of more than 400 microscopes he constructed
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723)
“tiny living and moving cells”
animalcules
Mentioned that simple invertebrates could arise from Spontaneous Generation
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C)
Demonstrate that maggots did not arise spontaneously from decaying meat (1668)
Results of his investigation invalidated the long-held belief that life forms could arise from non-living things
FRANCESCO REDI (1626-1697)
Observed that a boiled mutton broth eventually became cloudy after pouring it into a flask that was then sealed tightly
Found that even after he heated nutrient fluids (chicken broth and corn broth) before pouring them into covered flasks, the cooled solutions were soon teeming with microorganisms
JOHN NEEDHAM (1731-1781)
Claimed that microbes developed spontaneously from the fluids
Asserted that organic matter possessed a “vital force” that could give rise to life
JOHN NEEDHAM (1731-1781)
Suggested that microorganisms from the air probably had entered Needham’s solutions after they were boiled
Proposed that air carried microorganisms to the culture medium
Showed that nutrient fluids heated after being sealed in a flask did not develop microbial growth
LAZZARO SPALLANZI (1729-1799)
Showed the importance of oxygen to life
ANTON LAURENT LAVOISIER (1743-1794)
Challenged the case for spontaneous generation with the concept of Biogenesis
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)
living cells can arise only from preexisting living cell
Biogenesis
Observed that no growth occurred in a flask that contained a nutrient solution after allowing the air to pass through a heated tube
THEODOR SCHWANN (1810-1882)
Noticed that no growth occurred after allowing the air to pass through a sterile cotton wool placed on a flask of heat-sterilized medium
HEINRICH SCHRODER (1810-1885) AND THEODORE VON DUSCH (1824-1890)
- Disproved the doctrine of spontaneous generation
- Demonstrated that microorganisms are present in the air and can contaminate sterile solutions, but that air itself does not create microbes
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Showed that microorganisms can be present in nonliving matter-on solids, in liquids, and in the air
Demonstrated conclusively that microbial life can be destroyed by heat and that methods can be devised to block the access of airborne microorganisms to nutrient environments
LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)
→ techniques that prevent contamination
by unwanted microorganisms, which are now the standard practice in laboratory and many medical procedures
Aseptic Techniques
Showed that dust carry germs that could contaminate a sterile broth
JOHN TYNDALL (1820-1893)
is a form of sterilization in the 19th century
that uses moist heat for 3 consecutive days to eradicate vegetative cells and endospores
Tyndallization
Discovered that there are bacteria that could withstand a series of heating and boiling because of heat resistant structures known as endospores
FERDINAND COHN (1828-1898)
Stated that yeast cells are responsible for the conversion of sugars to alcohol
THEODOR SCHWANN
(Pasteur) - microorganisms called yeasts convert the sugars to alcohol in the absence of air:
FERMENTATION
Pasteur’s solution to the spoilage problem was to heat the beer and wine just enough to kill most of the bacteria that caused the spoilage:
PASTEURIZATION
Stated Souring and spoilage are caused by different microorganisms called bacteria; in the presence of air, bacteria change the alcohol in the beverage into vinegar (acetic acid)
Louis Pasteur
- Microorganisms might have relationships with plants and animals—specifically, that microorganisms might cause disease
Germ Theory Of Disease
Had proved that another silkworm disease was caused by a fungus
Agostino Bassi
Demonstrated that physicians, who at the time did not disinfect their hands, routinely transmitted infections (puerperal, or child -birth, fever) from one obstetrical patient to another
Ignaz Semmelweis
Demonstrated that routine handwashing can prevent the spread of disease
Ignaz Semmelweis
Introduced the system of antiseptic surgery in Britain
Applied the germ theory to medical procedures
JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912)
Began treating surgical wounds with a phenol solution
Pioneered in promoting among surgeons handwashing before and after an operation, the wearing of gloves, sterilization of surgical instruments
JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912)
First to show irrefutable proof that bacteria indeed cause disease
Discovered Bacillus anthracis in the blood of cattle that had died of anthrax (1876)
ROBERT KOCH (1843-1910)
Discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis (1882)
First to cultivate bacteria on boiled potatoes, gelatin, meat
ROBERT KOCH (1843-1910)