Introduction to Bacte

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The first to use a lens to observe the smallest unit of
tissues he called “cells

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Robert Hooke

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The first person to observe and accurately describe microorganisms (bacteria & protozoa) called “animalcules” (little animals)

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

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“Father of Hand Hygiene”; Hand washing; infection control

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Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis

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Modern epidemiology

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John Snow

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Demonstrated that different types of microbes produce different fermentation products

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Louis Pasteur

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Heating liquids to 63– 65°C for 30 minutes or 73– 75°C for 15 seconds

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Pasteurization

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A theory which explains that “Specific microbes cause specific infectious diseases”

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Germ Theory of Disease

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He developed methods of fixing, staining, and photographing bacteria, methods of cultivating bacteria on solid media

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Robert Koch

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First proposed the use of agar in culture media

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Fanne Hesse

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Developed the Petri dish (plate), a container used for solid culture

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Richard Petri

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• Tyndallisation
• Provided the initial evidence that some of the microbes in dust and air have very high heat resistance

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John Tyndall

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Aseptic techniques using physical & chemical agents

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Joseph Lister

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Developed Vaccination (smalpox vaccine)

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Edwrd Jenner

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Developed phagocytic theory of immunity

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Elie Metchnikoff

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Developments of chemotherapy

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Paul Ehrlich

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Discovery of the first alpha drug

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Gerhard Domagk

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discover the first antibiotic penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

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Selman Waksman

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Streptomycin

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(the evolutionary history of organisms) and scientific study of all living things in virtually
every biologic discipline, including microbiology.

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phylogeny

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pro vides a more detailed but very complex analysis of the cur rent classification system using ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA)

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polyphasic taxonomy

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systematic process applied to all living entities, providing a consistent means to classify, name (nomenclature), and identify organisms.

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Taxonomy

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variations in gene expression not caused by nucleic acid sequence similarities or differences

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epigenetic

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gold standard” for classification of bacterial species has historically been based on

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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) including DNA hybridization (DDH) patterns and 16S rRNA gene (16S rDNA)

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The identification and classification of microorganisms that include protein studies, fatty acid analysis, and cell wall composition.

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chemotaxonomic methods

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a method for organizing microorganisms
into groups or taxa based on similar morphologic, physiologic, and genetic traits.

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Classification

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Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya is classified as

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Domain

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contains similar divisions or phyla; most inclusive taxa

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Kingdom

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contains similar classes; equivalent to the Division taxa in botany

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Phylum

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(contains similar orders)

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Class

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Contain similar families

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Order

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contains similar genera

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Family

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(contains similar species)

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Genus

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specific epithet, most basic of the taxonomic groups

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Species

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environmental prokaryotes (blue green or cyanobacteria) and the heterotrophic
medically relevant bacteria.

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Bacteria

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environmental isolates that live in extreme habitats such as high salt concentrations, jet fuel, or high temperatures

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Archaea

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also contains medically relevant organisms, including fungi and parasites.

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Eukarya

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naming of microorganisms according to established rules and guidelines set forth in the
ICNP

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Nomenclature

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relate to an organism’s genetic makeup, including the nature of the organism’s genes and constituent nucleic acids

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Genotypic characteristics

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a system of nomenclature, every organism is assigned a genus and a species of Latin or Greek derivation

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Binomial

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process by which a microorganism’s key features are delineated

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Microbial Identification

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s a group of organisms that may contain
multiple genera and consists of organisms with a common
attribute.

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Family

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contains different
species that have several important features in common

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Genus

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most basic of the taxonomic groups and can be defined as
a collection of bacterial strains that share common physi
ologic and genetic features and differ notably from other
microbial species.

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Species

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e process by which a micro
organism’s key features are delineated.

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Microbial Identification

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organism’s genetic makeup, including the nature of the
organism’s genes and constituent nucleic acids

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Genotypic characteristics re

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based on features beyond the
genetic level, including both readily observable character
istics and features that may require extensive analytic pro
cedures to be detected.

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Phenotypic characteristics