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MT6320 | BACTERIOLOGY > HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND TAXONOMY > Flashcards

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND TAXONOMY Flashcards

1
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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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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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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

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Culture

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

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Salvarsan

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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Taxonomy

23
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3 interrelated disciplines of Taxonomy

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  • Classification
  • Nomenclature
  • ID
24
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Taxonomy based on
* Traditional
* Genotypic Characteristics
* Phenotypic Characteristic
* Phylogenetic

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Polyphasic Taxonomy

25
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Polyphasic Taxonomy is based on

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  • Traditional
  • Genotypic Characteristics
  • Phenotypic Characteristic
  • Phylogenetic
26
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Father of Taxonomy

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Carolus Linnaeus

27
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Binomial Classification in Taxonomy

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  • Family name
  • Species name
28
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list the 5 Kingdom System

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  • Monera/ Prokaryotae
  • Fungi
  • Protistae
  • Animalia
  • Plantae
29
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Bacteria fall under what Kindom System

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Prokaryotae

30
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Organism population that is differentiated from populations within species

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Strains

31
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Variant prokaryotic strains characterized by biochemical or physiological differences

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Biovars

32
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Strains with distinctive antigenic properties

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Serovars

33
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T/F

Family name is capitalized and ends in Ales

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False

Family name is capitalized and ends in acea

34
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T/F

Order name ends in eae

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False

Order name ends in ales

35
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T/F

Tribe name ends in ales

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False

Tribe name ends in eae

36
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T/F

Genus name is capitalized

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True

37
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T/F

In transferring species from one genus to another, the species is retained

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True

MT6320 | BACTERIOLOGY (3 decks)

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