HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards

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which existed on earth billion years ago
over this time they evolved from microscopic forms.
 They vary from appearance
 ability to carry out different biochemical transformations
 ability to grow in a wide different environment, and interactions in different microorganism and different forms of life.
 One important ability is to quickly change their properties and adapt to changing environment

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MICROORGANISMS

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acquired from infected individuals
 kill infected individual

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VENEREAL DISEASES

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lack of fuel
 Undercooked pork spreads the parasite
 ban eating of pork

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TRICHINOSIS

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After you eat trichinella larvae, they mature into adult worms in your intestine. The adults then produce larvae that migrate through various tissues, including muscle tissue.

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TRICHINELLA CYST

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FIRST OBSERVATIONS
Robert Hooke: ____
Leeuwenhoek: ____

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CELLS & MICROBES

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First report of cell structure 1665
 ‘Little boxes’ in cork : CELL

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ROBERT HOOKE

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First person to see bacteria
 Pioneer of microscopy
 Single lens microscope
 1647

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ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK

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Beautifully crafted but had severe chromatic distortion

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EARLY COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

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____ and his father _____ started
experimenting with these lenses.

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ZACCHARIAS JANSSEN & HANS

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any damp body gives rise to living things
 Miasma

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ARISTOTLE

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Living organisms could arise from non living matter
 crocodiles from mud

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HERODOTUS

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small animals only
 maggots from meat
 mice from feed

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VAN HELMONT

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Italian poet physician 1668
 Tested hypothesis of Spontaneous Generation
 Meat in jars
 three jars open to air> maggots
 three jars sealed >no maggots
 three jars fine net>no maggots
 Concluded spontaneous generation did not still occur

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FRANCESCO REDI

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14
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WHO Confirmed the experiments of Redi & Schwann

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LOUIS PASTEUR

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15
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Added 20 years to the lifespan of every man woman and
 improved the quality of life
 Germ theory
 Fermentation
 Pasteurization
 Rabies vaccine

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LOUIS PASTEUR

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16
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WHAT ARE THE GOLDEN AGE OF MICROBIOLOGY

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 Fermentation
 Pasteurization
 Disinfection
 Vaccines

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Vintners thought sugar chemically converted to alcohol in
 Pasteur, a chemist, was asked to help
 Discovered
 Yeast convert sugars to alcohol
 Bacteria change alcohol to vinegar
 _____ was biological process

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FERMENTATION

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Pasteur connected food spoilage and microbes
 ____ : Destroy microbes that cause spoilage by
 Beer, wine, milk
 Critical to development of Germ theory

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PASTEURIZATION

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Irish priest 1745
 Said microbes spontaneously generated
 Evidence
 Heated chicken soup
 poured into flasks
 covered flasks
 microbes appeared

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JOHN NEEDHAM

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Italian Monk 1765
 Said Needham’s broths contaminated after heating
 Evidence
 chicken soup poured into flasks
 covered flasks
 then heated soup
 microbes DID NOT appear

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LAZARO SPALLANZANI

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Concept proposed by RODULF VIRCHOW
 German Scientist 1858
 Virchow had No Evidence

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BIOGENESIS

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All organisms composed of one or more cells
 Cells are smallest living things
 Cells arise only from previously existing cells
 Thus: all organisms are descendents of the first cells

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THE CELL THEORY

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Cell theory
 Basic unit of life
 1835 – digestive process
- hydrochloric acid
 1836 – Pepsin
 Role of microbes in alcohol fermentation
Pouchet argued that “Life Force” destroyed

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SCHWANN EXPERIMENT

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Causal relationship between microbes and disease
 Disinfection controls surgical infection
 Microbes cause disease

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GERM THEORY OF DISEASE

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Developed antiseptic surgery
JOSEPH LISTER
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Confirmed germ theory  Discovered cause of  anthrax  cholera  tuberculosis  Developed  pure culture techniques  staining techniques  solid media Rules to prove a
ROBERT KOCH
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Advocate Handwashing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever.
IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS
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Discovered the worlds first antibiotic
ALEXANDER FLEMING
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isolated smallpox virus from pustules on Egyptian mummies.
SMALLPOX
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Vaccination for smallpox
EDWARD JENNER
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Pasteur described a rational basis for the development of vaccines VACCINE WAS UNETHICAL !!
RABIES VACCINE
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WHAT YEAR: DIGESTIVE PROCESS & HYDROCHLORIC ACID
1835
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WHAT YEAR: PEPSIN
1836
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Pasteurization: Destroy microbes that cause spoilage by:
BEER, WINE AND MILK
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FIRST VACCINE FOR SMALLPOX BY EDWARD JENNER
COWPOX VACCINE
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WHO IS NOT A LICENSE PHYSICIAN?
LOUIS PASTEUR
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WHO INTRODUCED THE SYPHILLIS IN THE PH?
GROUP OF MAGELLAN
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MUSCARDINE DISEASE OF THE SILKWORM
BEAUVERIA BASSIANA
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He discovered that the muscardine disease of silkworms was caused by a living, very small, parasitic organism, a fungus that would be named eventually Beauveria bassiana in his honor.
AGOSTINO BASSI