Introduction to Microbiolog

Question 1

Microbiology?

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Study of microorganisms, unseen world of living

things

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• Either an animal, vegetable or mineral
• Minute living things too small to be seen with the naked eye

-Includes, bacteria, fungi (yeast and molds), protozoa, microscopic
algae, viruses

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Microbes/Microorganisms

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Under Microbes?

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Acellular
infectious agents and Cellular
microorganisms

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Examples of Acellular

infectious agents?

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(Prions, Viruses)

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Under Cellular

microorganisms? And their examples?

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Prokaryotes (Archae,
Bacteria) and Eukaryotes
(Algae, Fungi,
Protozoa)

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“Father of

Microbiology”

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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Pioneer of microscope.

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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Leeuwenhoek called creatures?

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“animalcules”

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Coined the term “cell

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke published the book called ?

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Micrographia

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Pioneer of the Cell Theory.

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Robert Hooke

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The Theory of
Spontaneous Generation
or the idea that life can arise spontaneously from nonliving material

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Abiogenesis

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Who did an

experiment to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?

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Francesco Redi

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Introduced the term “aerobes”.

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Louis Pasteur

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Developed the process of pasteurization.

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Louis Pasteur

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Formulated rabies vaccine.

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Louis Pasteur

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He proved that microbes can cause diseases through series
of steps called Koch’s
postulates.

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Robert Koch

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The pioneer of microbial fixing and

staining.

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Robert Koch

Question 19

He developed methods of

cultivating bacteria with the help of R.J. Petri.

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Robert Koch

Question 20

The microorganism must be found in abundance in all organisms suffering from the disease,
but should not be found in ________animals.

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healthy

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The microorganism must be isolated from a _____ and grown in pure culture.

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diseased organism

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The _________should cause disease when introduced into a healthy organism.

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cultured microorganism

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The microorganism must be ____________, diseased experimental host
and identified as being identical to the original specific causative agent.

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re-isolated from the inoculated

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PIONEER

Fermentation

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Pasteur

Question 25

PIONEER

Disproved spontaneous generation

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Pasteur

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PIONEER

Pasteurization

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Pasteur

Question 27

PIONEER

Aseptic Surgery

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Lister

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PIONEER

Germ Theory

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Koch

Question 29

PIONEER

Discovery of Neisseria gonorrhoea

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Neisser

Question 30

PIONEER
Pure culture
Yellow fever

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Koch

Finlay

Question 31

PIONEER
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Formulation of Agar medium

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Koch

Hess

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PIONEER

Vibrio cholerae

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Koch

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PIONEER
Phagocytosis
Gram-staining
Escherichia coli

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Metchnikoff
Gram
Escherich

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PIONEER

Invention of Petri dish

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Petri

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PIONEER

Clostridium tetani

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Kitasato

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PIONEER
Diphteria antitoxin
Theory of Immunity

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Von Bering

Ehrlich

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PIONEER

Sulfur Cycle

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Winogradsky

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PIONEER

Shigella dysenteriae

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Shiga

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PIONEER

Syphilis treatment

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Ehrlich

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PIONEER

Discovery of Penicillin

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Fleming

Question 41

PIONEER

Discovery of Neisseria gonorrhoea

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Neisser

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The study of the structure, functions, and activities of bacteria.

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Bacteriology

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The study of the structure, functions, and activities of algae

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Phycology

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The study of the structure, functions, and activities of protozoans

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Protozoology

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The study of the structure, functions, and activities of fungi

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Mycology

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The study of the structure, functions, and activities of viruses

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Virology

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8 Disciplines of Microbiology

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• Agricultural
• Biotechnology/Industrial
• Medical
• Microbial Physiology
• Veterinary Microbiology
• Sanitary Microbiology
• Paleomicrobiology
• Parasitology

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• Soil formation and fertility
• Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur cycles
• Diseases of plants
• Digestive processes of cows and other ruminants
• Crops and food production

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Agricultural Microbiology

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 biopolymers
 bioremediation
 waste biotreatment
 fermentation

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Biotechnology (Industrial Microbiology)

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Study of pathogenic microbes

and the role of microbes in human illness

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Medical microbiology

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 epidemiology
 transmission of diseases
 treatment of infectious diseases
 disease prevention measures
 aseptic techniques
 immunology
 production of drug

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Medical microbiology

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Study of how the microbial cell

functions biochemically.

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Microbial Physiology

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 Microbial growth
 Microbial metabolism
 Microbial cell structure

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Microbial Physiology

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Role of microbes in

veterinary medicine or animal taxonomy

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Veterinary Microbiology

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Processing and disposal of

garbage and sewage wastes.

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Sanitary Microbiology

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The study of ancient microbes

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Paleomicrobiology

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Study of microorganisms that live on

or in another living organisms

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Parasitology

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 Parasitic protozoa
 Helminths (parasitic worms)
 Arthropods (parasitic insects)

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Parasitology