Pioneers of Microbiology Flashcards
Father of Microbiology, Bacteriology, and Protozoology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
the first one to see live bacteria and protozoa
Anto van Leeuwenhoek
Made the 1st simplest microscope (single lens 200-300X)
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
The one who created the Abiogenesis Theory
Aristotle
Another term for Abiogenesis Theory
Spontaneous Generation Theory
What is Abiogenesis Theory
life can come from non-living matter
Who said that life arose spontaneously from non-living material
Aristotle
Father of Pathology and Social Medicine
Rudolf Virchow
Who analyzed the effects of diseases in various organs and tissues of the human body
Rudolf Virchow
States that “Living things can only arise from living things”
Debated on the “Abiogenesis Theory”
Rudolf Virchow
Who formulated the Biogenesis Theory
Rudolf Virchow
Who formulated one of the components of the Cell Theory
Rudolf Virchow
What did Leeuwenhoek name the protozoa and bacteria he saw
animalcules
What is the cell theory that rudolf virchow contributed
cells come from pre-existing cells
Debated and tested on the “Biogenesis Theory”
John Tyndall
Who experimented and concluded that dust carries microorganisms and if it is absent, the nutrient broth remains sterile
John Tyndall
Father of Parasitology
Francesco Redi
Described and illustrated 100 parasites including earthworms and ascaris lumbricoides
Francesco Redi
The 1st to describe ectoparasites: ticks of deer and tiger
Francesco Redi
Challenged the “Spontaneous Generation Theory”
Francesco Redi
Hypothesized that maggots arose from the eggs laid by flies and not from the decaying meat
Francesco Redi
Developed Pasteurization (to give longer shelf life for food products)
- Process to kill microbes that cause wine to spoil
Louis Pasteur
Discovered microbes for fermentation (Use of microorganism of bacteria to preserve food)
Louis Pasteur
Introduced the terms “Aerobes” and “Anaerobes”
Louis Pasteur
Discovered Silkworm Diseases (Silkworms are capable of making cocoon which can be used to make silk)
Louis Pasteur
Involved in the “Germ Theory of Disease”
Louis Pasteur
- Specific microorganisms cause specific infectious diseases
Germ theory of disease
Developed vaccines in:
- Chicken cholera
- Anthrax
- Swine erysipelas
- Rabies in dogs
Louis Pasteur
Disproved the Abiogenesis Theory
Louis Pasteur
Proved the: “Biogenesis Theory” of Rudolf Virchow
Louis Pasteur
Acetobacter
Vinegar
Yeast
wine
aerobes
oxygen
anaerobes
no oxygen
Black spots and corpuscles
pebrine
failure to spin cocoons
Flacherie
Koch’s Postulates
Robert Koch
Developed Methods of Studying Bacteria:
Robert Koch
What are the methods of studying bacteria (3)
- Fixation
- Staining
- Photographing
Developed Method of Cultivating Bacteria with the use of:
- Agar as solid media Petri dish
Robert Koch
Discovered the causative agents of some diseases
Robert Koch
· Worked on Tuberculin (being injected to screen for tuberculosis)
Robert Koch
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
tuberculosis
vibrio cholera
cholera
Founders of Microbiology
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch
Father of Immunology: - Pioneer of the World’s 1st Vaccine
Edward Jenner
Smallpox Vaccine
Edward Jenner
Developed the World’s 1st Antibiotic
Alexander Fleming
Penicillin G
benzylpenicillin
What fungus did penicillin come from
penicillium notatum
Developed Agar
- SOlid Culture Medium
Walther Hesse
Use of Agar
- Suggested to Robert Koch the use of agar as solid medium
Fannie Hesse
Father of Antiseptic Surgery
Joseph Lister
What did Joseph lister use for antiseptic
phenol (carbolic acid)
Invented and introduced the Petri Dish
- As a device used in the culture of bacteria
Julius Richard Petri
Developed and Introduced Differential Gram Staining Technique
- To differentiate Gram Positive and Gram Negative bacteria
Hans Christian Gram
Staphylococcus aureus (gram positive)
purple
Escherichia coli (gram negative)
red
1st Filipina Microbiologist
Asuncion K. Raymundo
Involved in the Application of Biotechnology
Asuncion K. Raymundo
Discovered Plant Pathogens
Asuncion K. Raymundo
Plant Biotechnology
Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza
Involved in the study of Genetically Modified Organisms
Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza
Philippine Virology and Immunology
Veronica F. Chan
Involved in the 1st Separation of Dengue Viruses Types 3 and 4 as Causative Factors of Hemorrhagic Fever
Veronica F. Chan
Veterinary and Medical Parasitology
Salcedo L. Eduardo
Parasites on livestock helminthology
Salcedo L. Eduardo
Distinguished Fish Parasitologist
- Described parasites in fishes, birds and mammals
Carmen C. Velasquez
Published Book: “Digenetic Trematodes of Philippine Fishes”
Carmen C. Velasquez
Philippine Phycology
- Survey in Myxophyceae: blue-green algae
Gregorio T. Velasquez
Young Scientist of the Philippines
Dean Dungca