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Discovery of Microorganisms Flashcards

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1
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when was the first microbes first observed?

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1673

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Who reported that living things were composed of little boxes or cells?

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Robert Hooke

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When did Robert Hooke observed cells?

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1665

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4
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first person to observe and describe microorganisms (bacteria and protists) accurately

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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5
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idea that living organisms can develop from nonliving or decomposing matter

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spontaneous generation

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6
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discredited spontaneous generation

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Francesco Redi

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showed that maggots on decaying meat came from fly eggs

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Francesco Redi

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8
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Who supported Spontaeneous Generation?

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John Needham
Lazzaro Spallanzani

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9
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suggested that inorganic matter in the extract contained a vital force that confers the properties of life on nonliving matter

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John Needham

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10
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his experiment consists of mutton broth in flasks that are boiled before sealing

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John Needham

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his experiment consist of broth in flasks that are sealed before boiling

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Lazaro Spallanzani

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12
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proposed that air carried germs to the culture medium and external air is required for growth of animals already in the medium

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Lazzaro Spallanzani

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proposed that heating the air in the sealed flask destroyed its ability to support life

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Lazzaro Spallanzani

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14
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Who disproved spontaneous generation

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Louis Pasteur
John Tyndall
Ferdinand Cohn

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15
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swan-neck flask experiments

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Louis Pasteur

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16
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In swan-neck flask experiments, flasks are left exposed to the air. (t or f)

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True

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17
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The swan neck flasks resulted in growth of microorganisms (t or f)

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False

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18
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demonstrated that dust carries microorganisms

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John Tyndall

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19
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showed that if dust was absent, nutrient broths remained sterile, even if directly exposed to air.

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John Tyndall

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20
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also provided evidence for the existence of exceptionally heat-resistant forms of bacteria

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John Tyndall

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21
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showed that heat-resistant bacteria could produce endospores

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Ferdinand Cohn

22
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Infectious disease are believed to be due to supernatural forces or imbalances of 4 bodily fluid humors (t or f)

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True

23
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what are the 4 bodily fluid humors that can cause infectious diseases?

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blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile

24
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showed that a disease of silkworms was caused by a fungus

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Agostini Bassi

25
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demonstrated that the great Potato Blight of Ireland was caused by a water mold

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M.J Berkely

26
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showed that smut and rust fungi caused cereal crop diseases

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Heinrich de Bary

27
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demonstrated microorganisms carried out fermentations helping French wine industry

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Louis Pasteur

28
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discovered that bacteria causes wine to become sour

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Louis Pasteur

29
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developed pasteurization to avoid wine spoilage by microbes

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Louis Pasteur

30
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showed that the pebrine disease of silkworms was caused by a protozoan

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Louis Pasteur

31
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provided indirect evidence that microorganisms were the casual agents of disease

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Joseph Lister

32
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developed a system of antiseptic surgery designed to prevent microorganisms from entering wounds as well as methods for treating instruments and surgical dressings

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Joseph Lister

33
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has patients had fewer postoperative infections

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Joseph Lister

34
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established the relationship between Bacillus anthracis and anthrax

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Robert Koch

35
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uses the criteria developed by his teacher Jacob Henle

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Robert Koch

36
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criteria developed by Jacob Henle are known as

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Koch’s postulates

37
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What are Koch’s Postulates>

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microorganisms must be present in every case of disease but absent from healthy organisms

suspected microorganisms must be isolated and grown into a pure culture

same disease must result when the isolated microorganism is inoculated into a healthy host

same microorganisms must be isolated again from the diseased host

38
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What are limitations of Koch’s postulates?

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some organisms cannot be grown in pure culture
using humans in completing postulates is unethical
molecular and genetic evidence may replace and overcome these limits

39
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Koch’s work led to discovery of:

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agar
petri dishes
nutrient broth and nutrient agar
methods for isolating microorganisms

40
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developed porcelain bacterial filters used by Ivanoski and Beijerinck to study tobacco mosaic disease

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Charles Chamberland

41
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determined that extracts from diseased plants had infectious agents present were smaller than bacteria (viruses)

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Ivanoski and Beijerinck

42
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discovered that incubation of cultures for long intervals between transfers caused pathogens to lose their ability to cause disease

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Pasteur and Roux

43
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incubation of cultures for long intervals between transfers caused pathogens to lose their ability to cause disease

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attenuation

44
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called attenuated bacteria a vaccine

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Pasteur and Roux

45
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where vaccine was coined

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vacca

46
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developed vaccines for chicken cholera, anthrax, and rabies

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Pasteur and his coworkers

47
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study of host defenses

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immunology

48
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used a vaccination procedure to protect individuals from smallpox

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Edward Jenner

49
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developed antitoxins for diptheria and tetanus

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Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato

50
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provided evidence for humoral (antibody-based) immunity

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Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato

51
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discovered bacteria-engulfing, phagocytic cells in blood which is an evidence for cellular immunity

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Elie Metchnikoff

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