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reported life’s smallest units were cells, beginning of cell theory

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Robert Hook

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lens maker, discovered microbial world, call them “beasties,” protozoa in 1674, bacteria in 1676

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Leeuwenhoek

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dev. taxonomic system for naming plants/ animals, grouped them together

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Carolus Linnaeus

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showed decaying meat isolated from flies did not get maggots

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Francesco Redi

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boiled and sealed gravy infusions, observed they were cloudy days later, attributed to spontaneous life force

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John T. Needham

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boiled infusions almost one hour, closed vials stayed clear, those exposed to air - cloudy

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Lazzaro Spallanzi

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discovered anaerobes ferment grape juice, pasteurization, and began industrial microbio or biotec, using microbes to manufacture products

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Louise Pasteur

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challenged case of spontaneous generation with concept of biogenesis - the idea that living cells only arise from pre-existing cells

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Rudolf Virchow

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showed fermentation does not need living cells, demonstrated presence of enzymes, began field of biochem

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Edward Buchner

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investigated etiology, studied infected animal blood and showed given pathogen causes specific disease

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Robert Koch

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showed protozoan cause of malaria

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Charles Laveran

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described bacteria causing diphtheria

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Edwin Klebs

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disease in tobacco plant passed through filter, a virus

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Ivanowski and Beijerinck

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proved in 1900 viruses cause disease

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Walter Reed

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developed stain using series of dyes to separate bacteria into 2 groups

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Christian Gram

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Hungary, required hand washing with chlorinated lime water to eliminate “cadaver particles” carrying disease

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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founder of antiseptic surgery, used phenol (carbolic acid)

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Joseph Lister

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nurse introduced cleanliness/antiseptic technique into nursing

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Florence Nightingale

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studied cholera in contaminated water, documented need for clean water/sewage treatment, foundation for infectious control and epidemiology

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John Snow

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study of immunology and vaccination, used cowpox pus to inoculate son, son got cowpox but became immune

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Edward Jenner

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studied chem that killed microbes deferentially but not people, chemotherapy

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Paul Ehrlich

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proposed bacterial biochem shared by all living things

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Kluyver and Van Niel

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determined genes determine molecules of DNA

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Avery/Macleod/Maclyn

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proposed gene sequence could provide understanding of evolutionary relationships

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Linus Pauling

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established genes actively related to function of protein encoded by that gene

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Beadle/Tatum

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significant influence in nucleic acids reveal 3 major groups: bacteria, archae and eukaryotes

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Carl Woese

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middle east respiratory syndrome, 339 cases between 4/2012 and 6/2014

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MERS

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sever acute respiratory syndrome, in China in 2002, coronavirus

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SARS

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H5N1 or bird flu, 2003 killed millions of poultry and 24 people, 2013 different avian flu H7N9, 131 people sick in China

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avian influenza

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methicillin resistant S. aureus

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1980s MRSA

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vancomycin intermediate S. aureus

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1990s VRSA

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multidrug resistant TB, resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin

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MDR-TB

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West Nile Encephalitis/Virus

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WNE

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1996, bovine spongiform encephalitis (mad cow)

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BSE

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Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, human prior disease, vCJD related to BSE

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CJD

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2004, kills nearly 14,000 each year

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clostridium difficile

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ebola hemorrhagic fever

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EHF

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hemorrhagic fever

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Marburg virus

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1993, outbreak in Milwaukee water supply

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cryptosporidium

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AIDS/HIV first came to public attention in ____

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1981

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all organisms too small to see w/o microscope

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microbes/microorganisms

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eukaryotic (membrane-bound nucleus) with cell walls, get food from other organisms

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fungi

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multicellular, grow as filaments called hyphae

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molds

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unicellular, oval/round, reproduce by budding

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yeasts

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single-cell eukaryotes, typically live in water, some in animals hosts

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protozoa

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uni/multi cellular, photosynthetic

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prokaryotes

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many have cell walls w peptidoglycan

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bacteria

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in extreme environments, no peptidoglycan

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archae

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abiogenesis - idea that life arises from non-living things

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spontaneous generation

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technique for observing/answering scientific questions

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scientific method

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accepted hypothesis, verified by many scientists and experiments over years

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theory/law

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group with known outcome

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control group

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group receiving experimental treatment and unknown outcome

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experimental group

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study of occurence, distribution, and spread of disease

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epidemiology

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previously nosocomial infection, acquired in healthcare setting

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HAI = hospital acquired infection

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study of specific body defenses against pathogens

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immunology

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search for substances to destroy pathogens

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modern chemotherapy

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treatment of disease by chemical substances

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chemotherapy

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chemical produced naturally by bacteria and fungi to act on microbes

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antibiotics

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combines biochem, cellular bio, and genetics

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molecular biology

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genetic engineering, gene manipulation

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recombinant DNA technology

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process of inserting missing gene or repairing a gene in human cells

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gene therapy

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study of role of microbes in environment

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environmental microbio

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use of living organisms to detoxify polluted environments

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bioremediation

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microbes we live with our entire lives, on and inside our bodies, do not harm us and many actually beneficial, help give us resistance to disease

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normal flora

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emerging field of study, finding that these microbes have many other roles in our health than previously thought

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human microbiome

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aggregation of microbes, function as group, can be harmful (such as endocarditis) or beneficial to buffer disease

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biofilm

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pathogens that invade a susceptible host

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infectious diseases

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diseases that are new or changing, are increasing or have potential to increase

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emerging infectious diseases (EID)

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all living things are composed of cells and all cells come from other cells

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cell theory

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started study of metabolism

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role of biochemistry

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1857-1907; from Pasteur to Flemming with pharmaceutical microbio

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Golden Age of Microbiology

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bacteria, archae

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two examples of prokaryotes

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fungi, molds, yeast, protozoa and algae

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examples of eukaryotes

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multicellular, grow as filaments, and reproduce by sexual and asexual spores

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fungi

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dengue, influenza, measles

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examples of enveloped viruses

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What causes acidic fermentation?

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anaerobic conditions

78
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inserting a gene or repairing a defective one in humans by inserting desired gene into host cells

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gene therapy

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RBCs, WBCs, and other components of blood

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components of blood plasma

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proteins, electrolytes, antibodies, antigens, and hormones

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components of blood serum

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