Lecture | Introduction To Bacteriology Flashcards
1st to use a lens to observe the smallest unit of tissue —> cells
Robert Hooke
Observe and accurately describe microorganisms (bacteria & protozoa) called “animacules”
Anton Van Leeuwokhoek
Father of hand hygiene; hand washing; infection control
Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis
Modern epidemiology
John Snow
Demonstrated that different types of microbes produce different fermentation products
Louis Pasteur
Theory of Spontaneous Generation is by
Anton Van Leeuwonhoek
Disproved theory of spontaneous genesis/Abiogenesis
Louis Pasteur
Pasteurization: heating liquids at the temp and time of
1) 63 - 65 degrees celsius for 30 minutes
2) 73 - 75 degrees Celsius for 15 seconds
A type of sterilization that only kills pathogens
Pasteurization
Developed vaccines : chicken cholera, anthrax and swine erysipelas
Louis Pasteur | Germ theory of disease
Robert Koch discovered what bacterias
B. Anthracis, M. Tuberculosis, & Vibrio cholerae
Robert Koch discovered that B. anthracis produces -?-, capable of resisting adverse conditions
Spores
Developed the methods of fixing, staining, and photographing bacteria, methods of cultivating bacteria on solid media
Robert Koch
Robert Koch Discovered the bacterium that causes tuberculosis
M. Tuberculosis
Robert Koch discovered Vibrio cholerae that causes
Cholera
Koch assistant that 1st proposed the use of agar in culture media
Fanne Eilshemius Hesse
Koch assistant that developed the Petri dish; container used for solid culture
Richard petri
Tyndallisation
John Tyndall
Provided the initial evidence that some microbes in dust/air have very high heat resistance
John Tyndall
Introduce aseptic techniques using physical and chemical agents
Joseph Lister
Developed small pox vaccine
Edward Jenner
Introduced phagocytic theory of immunity
Elie Metchnikoff
Developments of chemotherapy
Paul Ehrlich