INTRODUCTION Flashcards
scientist who specializes in bacteriology the study of
the structure, functions, and activities of bacteria.
Bacteriologist
Explore the area of protozoology the study of protozoa and their activities.
Protozoologists
may become genetic engineers who transfer genetic
material (deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA) from one cell
type to another.
Virologists and cell biologists
study prions and viroids , acellular infectious agents that are even smaller than viruses
Virologists and cell biologists
Those who specialize in the study of fungi, or mycology
Mycologists
showed quite clearly that women became
infected in the maternity ward after
examinations by physicians coming directly
from the autopsy room.
Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis “father of handwashing
observed that mothers who gave birth at
home experienced fewer infections than did
mothers who gave birth in the hospital.
Dr. Wendell holmes
first to introduce aseptic techniques aimed
at reducing microbes in a medical setting
and preventing wound infections.
Joseph Lister.
It is also important to keep in mind that
not all diseases are caused by microbes. (TRUE/FALSE)
TRUE
All infectious diseases and microbial
intoxications are caused by microbes. (TRUE/FALSE)
TRUE
discovered that B. anthracis produces spores,
capable of resisting adverse conditions
Robert Koch (1843 1910)
Theory of Spontaneous Generation
Louis Pasteur (1822 1895)
Germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur (1822 1895)
discovered the bacterium ( M. tuberculosis) that
causes tuberculosis and the bacterium ( Vibrio
cholerae ) that causes cholera.
Robert Koch (1843 1910)
he ground tiny glass lenses, which he
mounted in small metal frames, thus creating
what today are known as single lens
microscopes or simple microscopes.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632 1723)
Syphilis caused by
Treponema pallidum
was carried to Europe by Native Americans
who were brought to Portugal by
CHRISTOPHER CULUMBUS
made many significant contributions to the germ
theory of disease
Robert Koch (1843 1910)
developed vaccines to prevent chicken cholera,
anthrax, and swine erysipelas.
Louis Pasteur (1822 1895)
he observed various tiny living creatures,
which he called animalcules.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632 1723)
developed methods of fixing, staining, and
photographing bacteria, methods of cultivating
bacteria on solid media.
Robert Koch (1843 1910)
PESTILENCE AND PLAGUE CAUSED BY
Yersinia pestis (black death)
with both RNA and DNA, metabolic machinery for self
replication, and a complex cell wall structure.
BACTERIA
subdivided into single celled organisms (protozoa) or multi celled organisms (worms and bugs).
FUNGI
very simple microbes, consisting of nucleic acid, a few proteins, and (in some) a lipid envelope.
VIRUS
simple unicellular organisms
Prokaryotic