Historical Figures Flashcards
1
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
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built first microscope, observed microorganisms, little animalcules
2
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Robert Hooke
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confirmed leeuwenhoek, described building microscopes
3
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louis pasteur
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used heat sterilization
disprove spontaneous generation
fermentation
vaccines
4
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robert Koch
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kochs postulates, how microbes cause disease
soil media for growning bacteria
published on anthrax
5
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sergei wniogradsky
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founder of soil microbio
studied nitrification, sulfur oxidization
6
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Martinus Beijerinck
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founder of microbial ecology
enrichment culture technique
7
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jacob lipman
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founder soil microbio in us
effects of soil organisms on soil fertility and plant growth
department head rutgers
8
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selman waksman
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discovered streptomycin - effective against TB (made bank)
Nobel Prize 1952
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