Pioneers of Microbiology

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Father of Microbiology, Bacteriology, and Protozoology

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Question 2

the first one to see live bacteria and protozoa

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Anto van Leeuwenhoek

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Made the 1st simplest microscope (single lens 200-300X)

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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The one who created the Abiogenesis Theory

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Aristotle

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Another term for Abiogenesis Theory

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Spontaneous Generation Theory

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What is Abiogenesis Theory

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life can come from non-living matter

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Who said that life arose spontaneously from non-living material

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Aristotle

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Father of Pathology and Social Medicine

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Rudolf Virchow

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Who analyzed the effects of diseases in various organs and tissues of the human body

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Rudolf Virchow

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States that “Living things can only arise from living things”
Debated on the “Abiogenesis Theory”

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Rudolf Virchow

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Who formulated the Biogenesis Theory

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Rudolf Virchow

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Who formulated one of the components of the Cell Theory

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Rudolf Virchow

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What did Leeuwenhoek name the protozoa and bacteria he saw

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animalcules

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What is the cell theory that rudolf virchow contributed

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cells come from pre-existing cells

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Debated and tested on the “Biogenesis Theory”

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John Tyndall

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Who experimented and concluded that dust carries microorganisms and if it is absent, the nutrient broth remains sterile

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John Tyndall

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Father of Parasitology

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Francesco Redi

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Described and illustrated 100 parasites including earthworms and ascaris lumbricoides

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Francesco Redi

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The 1st to describe ectoparasites: ticks of deer and tiger

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Francesco Redi

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Challenged the “Spontaneous Generation Theory”

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Francesco Redi

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Hypothesized that maggots arose from the eggs laid by flies and not from the decaying meat

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Francesco Redi

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Developed Pasteurization (to give longer shelf life for food products)
- Process to kill microbes that cause wine to spoil

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Louis Pasteur

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Discovered microbes for fermentation (Use of microorganism of bacteria to preserve food)

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Louis Pasteur

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Introduced the terms “Aerobes” and “Anaerobes”

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Louis Pasteur

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Discovered Silkworm Diseases (Silkworms are capable of making cocoon which can be used to make silk)

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Louis Pasteur

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Involved in the "Germ Theory of Disease"

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Louis Pasteur

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- Specific microorganisms cause specific infectious diseases

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Germ theory of disease

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Developed vaccines in: - Chicken cholera - Anthrax - Swine erysipelas - Rabies in dogs

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Louis Pasteur

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Disproved the Abiogenesis Theory

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Louis Pasteur

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Proved the: "Biogenesis Theory" of Rudolf Virchow

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Louis Pasteur

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Acetobacter

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Vinegar

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Yeast

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wine

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aerobes

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oxygen

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anaerobes

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no oxygen

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Black spots and corpuscles

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pebrine

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failure to spin cocoons

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Flacherie

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Koch's Postulates

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Robert Koch

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Developed Methods of Studying Bacteria:

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Robert Koch

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What are the methods of studying bacteria (3)

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- Fixation - Staining - Photographing

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Developed Method of Cultivating Bacteria with the use of: - Agar as solid media Petri dish

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Robert Koch

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Discovered the causative agents of some diseases

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Robert Koch

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· Worked on Tuberculin (being injected to screen for tuberculosis)

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Robert Koch

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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tuberculosis

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vibrio cholera

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cholera

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Founders of Microbiology

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Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch

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Father of Immunology: - Pioneer of the World's 1st Vaccine

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Edward Jenner

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Smallpox Vaccine

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Edward Jenner

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Developed the World's 1st Antibiotic

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Alexander Fleming

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Penicillin G

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benzylpenicillin

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What fungus did penicillin come from

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penicillium notatum

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Developed Agar - SOlid Culture Medium

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Walther Hesse

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Use of Agar - Suggested to Robert Koch the use of agar as solid medium

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Fannie Hesse

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Father of Antiseptic Surgery

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Joseph Lister

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What did Joseph lister use for antiseptic

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phenol (carbolic acid)

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Invented and introduced the Petri Dish - As a device used in the culture of bacteria

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Julius Richard Petri

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Developed and Introduced Differential Gram Staining Technique - To differentiate Gram Positive and Gram Negative bacteria

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Hans Christian Gram

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Staphylococcus aureus (gram positive)

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purple

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Escherichia coli (gram negative)

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red

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1st Filipina Microbiologist

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Asuncion K. Raymundo

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Involved in the Application of Biotechnology

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Asuncion K. Raymundo

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Discovered Plant Pathogens

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Asuncion K. Raymundo

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Plant Biotechnology

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Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza

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Involved in the study of Genetically Modified Organisms

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Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza

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Philippine Virology and Immunology

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Veronica F. Chan

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Involved in the 1st Separation of Dengue Viruses Types 3 and 4 as Causative Factors of Hemorrhagic Fever

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Veronica F. Chan

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Veterinary and Medical Parasitology

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Salcedo L. Eduardo

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Parasites on livestock helminthology

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Salcedo L. Eduardo

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Distinguished Fish Parasitologist - Described parasites in fishes, birds and mammals

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Carmen C. Velasquez

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Published Book: "Digenetic Trematodes of Philippine Fishes"

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Carmen C. Velasquez

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Philippine Phycology - Survey in Myxophyceae: blue-green algae

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Gregorio T. Velasquez

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Young Scientist of the Philippines

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Dean Dungca