PRELIM LEC: INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards
THE IDENTIFICATION OF MICROBES
2 People
- LUCRETIUS & GIROLAMO FRACASTORO (1478-1553)
- ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723)
Suggested that diseases were caused by “invisible living creatures”
LUCRETIUS & GIROLAMO FRACASTORO (1478-1553)
o Dutsch biologist
o First true microbiologist
o Father of Bacteriology and Protozoology
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723)
Discovered Giardia lamblia in
his own stool
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723)
o First to discover sperm cells
o Used the term “animalcules” or “beasties”
o Used self-made single lens microscope
with 50-300x magnification
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723)
Cause of death: rapid contraction of the diaphragm
ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK/Van Leeuwenhoek Disease
non-living forms will be living forms
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
3 PEOPLE
- FRANCISCO REDI (1626-1697)
- JOHN NEEDHAM (1731-1781)
- LAZZARO SPALLANZANI (1729-799)
o Father of modern parasitology
o Founder of experimental biology
o Invalidated the long-held belief that life forms could arise from non-living things
FRANCISCO REDI (1626-1697)
o British Roman Catholic
o Observe that the sealed flask with boiled
mutton broth became cloudy after
standing
o Organic matter possessed a “vital force”
that could give rise to life
JOHN NEEDHAM (1731-1781)
Cause of death: Parkinson’s Disease
JOHN NEEDHAM (1731-1781)
o Improved the previous experiments of
Needham by heating the broth placed in
a sealed jar and observe no growth took
place
o Concluded that microorganisms from the
air probably had entered Needham’s concoction after they were boiled
o Used aseptic technique
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI (1729-799)
Cause of death: bladder cancer
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI (1729-799)
BIOGENESIS
2 PEOPLE
- RUDOLF VIRCHOW (1821-1902)
- LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)
o Challenged the doctrine of spontaneous
generation with the concept of biogenesis.
o First to observe Trichinella spiralis
RUDOLF VIRCHOW (1821-1902)
Cause of death: Heart Failure
RUDOLF VIRCHOW (1821-1902)
o Disproved the doctrine of spontaneous
generation
o Proposed the use of heat in killing
microorganisms = “aseptic technique”
o Improved the wine-making process
through fermentation and pasteurization
o Developed vaccines for anthrax (1881)
and rabies (1885)
LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895)
GERM THEORY OF DISEASE
3 PEOPLE
- IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS (1818-1865)
- JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912)
- ROBERT KOCH (1843-1910)
advocated handwashing to prevent the spread of puerperal fever
IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS (1818-1865)
used phenol to prevent surgical
wound infections
JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912)
o First to show irrefutable proof that bacteria indeed cause diseases
o Developed a culture medium for observing growth of bacteria isolated from human body
o Discovered Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
ROBERT KOCH (1843-1910)
Exception to Koch’s Postulate:
- Many healthy people carry pathogens but do not exhibit symptoms of the disease. These carriers may transmit the pathogens to others who then may become diseased.
- Some microbes are very difficult or impossible to grow in vitro in artificial media (Viruses, rickettsia, Chlamydia, M. leprae, T. pallidum)
- Introducing a pure culture to the experimental animal, the animal must be susceptible to that of the pathogen. Many animals are resistant to the specific pathogen and most pathogens are speciesspecific.
- Use of human volunteer are difficult to find and ethical considerations limit their use.
- Certain pathogens develop only when an opportunistic pathogen invades a weekend host.
VACCINATION
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- BUDDHIST MONKS
- VARIOLATION
- EDWARD JENNER (1796)
- LOUIS PASTEUR (1798)
- PAUL EHRLICH (1910)
- ALEXANDER FLEMING (1928)
- 1930s
drank snake venom to confer immunity to snake bite
BUDDHIST MONKS
practiced in 17th century China
VARIOLATION
o inoculated a person with cowpox
virus resulting to protection to small pox
o Vaccination from vacca meaning “cow”
EDWARD JENNER (1796)
discovered the 1st vaccine against smallpox
LOUIS PASTEUR (1798)
developed a synthetic arsenic drug, Salvarsan, to treat syphilis.
PAUL EHRLICH (1910)
discovered the 1st Antibiotic (Penicillin)
ALEXANDER FLEMING (1928)
DIVISION OF MICROBIOLOGY
- PARASITOLOGY
- MYCOLOGY
- PHYCOLOGY
- VIROLOGY
- BACTERIOLOGY
Sulphonamides were synthesized
1930s
study of fungi, including their genetic and
biochemical properties, their taxonomy and
their use to humans as a source for tinder,
medicine, food and entheogens, as well as
their dangers, such as poisoning or infection
MYCOLOGY
o From the Greek word phykos, meaning
“seaweed”
o the scientific study of algae
PHYCOLOGY
study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them
PARASITOLOGY
o study of viruses submicroscopic parasitic
particles of genetic material contained in a
protein coat and virus-like agent
o Smallest intact infectious agents
o Intracellular reproduction only
VIROLOGY
o study of bacteria
o Unicellular
o Contains both RNA and DNA
o Multiplies by BINARY FISSION
BACTERIOLOGY
- Orderly classification and grouping of organisms into categories
- formal system of organizing, classifying and
naming living things
TAXONOMY
TAXONOMY Comprises 3 distinct areas:
o Classification
o Nomenclature
o Identification
CLASSIFICATION
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- DOMAIN
- KINGDOM
- PHYLUM
- CLASS
- ORDER
- FAMILY
- GENUS
- SPECIES
- SUBSPECIES (“subsp.”)
Bacteria and Archaebacteria
DOMAIN
similar families
ORDER
similar orders
CLASS
similar phyla; similarities of DNA and RNA
KINGDOM
similar classes
PHYLUM
similar genera
FAMILY
basic group or collection of bacterial strains
with common physiologic and genetic features
SPECIES
various species with common characteristics
GENUS
based on serologic differences
SEROTYPE/ serovarieties
(“serovar”)
- species which are subdivided based on the ff. phenotypic differences
SUBSPECIES (“subsp.”)
based on biochemical differences
ex. Staphylococcus aureus
BIOTYPE/ biovarieties (“biovar”)
CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES:
- No nucleus
- Genome: single circular chromosome
- Ribosomes: RNA + protein
o 50S + 30S = 70S in size - With CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES
- Some bacteria may show SPORES
CELL ENVELOPE STRUCTURES:
- Contains Plasma Membrane (PM)
- Contains Cell wall and some do not
Various pathogenic bacteria produce CAPSULE and SLIME LAYERS
SURFACE POLYMERS
- highly organized
- tightly attached
- geletinous
CAPSULE
- unorganized
- loosely attached
- irregular, diffuse layer
SLIME LAYER
CELL APPENDAGES
- FLAGELLA
- PILI
- FIMBRIAE
organ of locomotion; exterior protein
filaments that rotate and cause bacteria to be
motile
FLAGELLA
nonflagellar, sticky, proteinaceous, hair-like
appendages that adhere some bacterial cells
to one another and to environmental surfaces
FIMBRIAE
o “conjugation pili”
o nonmotile, long, hollow protein tubes that
connect two bacterial cells and mediate DNA
exchange
PILI
Holds the organelles
CELL BODY
BACTERIAL MORPHOLOGY
BASIC PARTS
- CELL BODY
- CAPSULE
- FLAGELLA
- PILI/FIMBRIAE
- ENDOSPORE
▪ For cell rigidity
▪ Exterior strength
▪ Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma: lacks cell wal
Cell Membrane
o Sugar or amino acid residues
o Protects from WBC phagocytosis
o The only way to engulf is by opsonization
(antibody attachment to capsules)
CAPSULE
lacks cell wall
Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
The only way to engulf is by
opsonization
(antibody attachment to capsules)
o Tail structures of protein
o Provides locomotion
o Affixed in basal body
o The basal body spins around and spins the
flagellum
FLAGELLA
FLAGELLA ARRANGEMENT TYPES:
▪ Peritrichous
▪ Atrichous (No Flagella)
▪ Lophotrichous
▪ Amphitrichous
▪ Monotrichous
Shorter than flagella
PILI/FIMBRIAE
Mediate DNA exchange via
conjugation
Pili/Sex Pilus
o Metabolically dormant forms
o Survivability in extreme conditions
o Formed by two genera:
▪ Bacillus: aerobic
▪ Clostridium: anaerobic
o Resistant to heat (boiling), cold, drying and
chemical reagents
ENDOSPORE