Historians Flashcards
1
Q
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
A
“wee little beasties”
first microscope
pond water
father of microbiology
2
Q
Ignac Semmelweis
A
aseptic discovery
handwashing between cadaver to maternity ward
PREVENT INFECTIONS
3
Q
Joseph Lister
A
aseptic technique during SURGERY
4
Q
Louis Pasteur
A
germ theory
lab techniques (pasteurization)
5
Q
Robert Koch - Koch’s postulates
A
- organism must be consistent
- microbe must be isolated in pure form
- microbe must cause same disease in healthy dude
- specific disease = specific microbes
6
Q
Han’s Christian Gram
A
thicker peptidoglycan = less sensitive to decolorization
thick wall = +
thin wall = -
