History Of Microbiology Flashcards

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What were nice supposedly made of?

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Grain and old rags

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What is spontaneous generation?

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Life coming from non life

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Who observed animalcules?

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Van Leeuwenhoek

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When were animalcules observed?

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1647

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What happened in 1647?

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Van Leeuwenhoek observed animalcules

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When was the golden age of microbiology?

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1875-1900

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What is the Germ theory of disease?

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that diseases can be caused by microorganisms

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When were Robert Koch’s Diseases posulates formed?

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1876

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What are the four postulates?

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  1. organisms must be present in all cases of the disease
  2. must be able to take the organism from a sick animal and cultivate it
  3. must be able to infect a healthy animal with the organism and get the same results
  4. Must isolate and culture the organism and compare to the original, be the same.
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when did antibiotics first appear?

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1940’s

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