Lecture 1: Flashcards
1
Q
Anton Van Leewenhoeck was the first person to:
A
View microbes with a microscope
2
Q
Who disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation and how?
A
Francisco Redi with the meat jar experiment.
3
Q
Who FURTHER disproved the Theory of Spontaneous Generation and how? In detail:
A
Louis Pasteur with a curved flask including a U-trap.
4
Q
Who developed techniques to purify cultures and prove germ theory of disease?
A
Robert Koch
5
Q
Why is Alex Fleming a prominent person in medicine?
A
Discovered first antibiotic penicillin.
6
Q
Why is Leprosy and the bubonic plague an important part of Microbiology?
A
Leprosy demonstrated the importance of quarantine. Bubonic plague demonstrated immunity.
