History Of Microbiology Flashcards
Cell theory
Robert Hooke
“All living cells are made up of cells”
Cell theory
Father of microbiology
Made lots of simple microscope by hand
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek
Anti Spontaneous Generation Theory
Francesco Redi
-Proposed Spontaneous Generation Theory
John Needham
Anti SGT
- “microbes entered after boiling”
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Pro SGT
Importance of Oxygen
Anton Laurent Lavoisier
Proposed Theory of Biogenesis: ‘Omni Cellula Celluli’
Rudolf Virchow
Anti SGT
“Air don’t create microbes”
Louis Pasteur
Coined the term “vaccine”
L. Pasteur
Pasteur developed immunity againts:
Antrax
Rabies
Cholera
Fermentation and pasteurization
L. Pasteur
Father of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister
Chemical used by Lister for aseptic surgery
Phenol/Carboxylic acid
Father of Microbiological Techniques
Germ Theory
Koch postulate
Robert Koch