HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND TAXONOMY Flashcards

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Study of organism that are too small to be seen by the naked eye

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Microbiology

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2
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Suggested disease is caused by “invisible living creatures”

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Girolamo Fracastoro

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3
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Father of Protozology and Bacteriology

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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4
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First person to describe microorganism as “animacules” / “wee beasties”

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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5
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Father of Modern Microbiology

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Louis Pasteur

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6
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First to create Attenuated Vaccines

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Louis Pasteur

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7
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Discovered Pasteurization & Fermentation

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Loui Pasteur

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8
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Disproved spontaneous generation and a proponent of Biogenesis

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Louis Pasteur

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9
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Give atleast one example of attenuated vaccines

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  • Anthrax
  • Rabies
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10
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Developed the antispetic system of surgery

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Joseph Lister

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11
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Discovered Bacillus anthracis & Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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Robert Koch

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12
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Discovered culture of bacteria using media

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Robert Koch

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13
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Use of Agar and Petri Dish in cultivating Bacteria

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Fanny Hesse

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14
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Used phenol or carbolic acid as antispetic

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Joseph Lister

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15
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Any substance that would allow growth of microorganism

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Media

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16
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Microorganism growing in the media

17
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Invented the first vaccine from lesions of cow with cow pox’s inoculating a child from getting smallpox

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Edward Jenner

18
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Discovered salvarsan to treat syphilis

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Paul Ehrlich

19
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Discovered Penicillin

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Alexander Flemming

20
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Also known as first magic bullet

21
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Father of Handwashing

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Ignaz Semmelweis

22
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An area of science that deals with the study of 3 distinct but interrelated disciplines

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3 interrelated disciplines of Taxonomy

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  • Classification
  • Nomenclature
  • ID
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Taxonomy based on
* Traditional
* Genotypic Characteristics
* Phenotypic Characteristic
* Phylogenetic

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Polyphasic Taxonomy

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Polyphasic Taxonomy is based on
* Traditional * Genotypic Characteristics * Phenotypic Characteristic * Phylogenetic
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Father of Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
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Binomial Classification in Taxonomy
* Family name * Species name
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list the 5 Kingdom System
* Monera/ Prokaryotae * Fungi * Protistae * Animalia * Plantae
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Bacteria fall under what Kindom System
Prokaryotae
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Organism population that is differentiated from populations within species
Strains
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Variant prokaryotic strains characterized by biochemical or physiological differences
Biovars
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Strains with distinctive antigenic properties
Serovars
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T/F Family name is capitalized and ends in Ales
False Family name is capitalized and ends in acea
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T/F Order name ends in eae
False Order name ends in ales
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T/F Tribe name ends in ales
False Tribe name ends in eae
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T/F Genus name is capitalized
True
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T/F In transferring species from one genus to another, the species is retained
True