Historical background & Taxonomy Flashcards
Systematic study of organisms that is too small to be seen by the naked eye
Microbiology
Microbiology involves the study of
- Bacteria
- Viruses
- Parasites
- Fungi
Why do we study microbes?
- To identify causative agent of disease
- Some microbes are beneficial to humans
- Helps MT in identification, isolation, and diagnosis of pathogenic bacteria
Suggested that disease is caused by “invisible living creatures”
Girolamo Fracastoro
Proposed the “Germ Theory”
Girolamo Fracastoro
Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
First person to observe and describe microorganisms and called them as “animalcules”
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Observed bacteria and protozoa in pond water and own blood and specimens
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Father of modern Microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Process of treating food with mild heat to eliminate pathogens and extend shelf life
Pasteurization
Disproved Spontaneous Generation
Pasteurization
What theory says that life arises from non-living matter (e.g. fermenting dough)?
Spontaneous Generation by Aristotle
Complex living things come only from other living things, by means of reproduction.
Biogenesis
Rudolph Virchow first proposed Biogenesis
True or False
True
Proponent of Biogenesis
Louis Pasteur
Creation of Attenuated Vaccines
Louis Pasteur
What is Attenuated Vaccines?
Pathogen with drastically reduced virulence but is practically the same live organism
Discovered fermentation
Louis Pasteur
Developed the antiseptic system of surgery
Joseph Lister
Phenol is bacteriostatic at concentration 1-2% and bactericidal and fungicidal at concentration 0.1-1%
True or False
False
Phenol is bacteriostatic at concentration 0.1-1% and
bactericidal and fungicidal at concentration 2-3%
Carbolic acid (phenol) as antiseptic
Antiseptic system of surgery by Joseph Lister
Launched golden age of Medical Bacteriology via Koch’s
Postulates
Robert Koch
Discovery of Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Robert Koch
Causative agent of Anthrax and Tuberculosis
Bacillus Anthracis and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Culture of bacteria using media
Robert Koch
Use of agar and petri dish in cultivating bacteria
Robert Koch