Scientist Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Zaccharias Janssen and his son Hans:

A

Dutch spectacle makers who invented the microscope

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Leeuwenhoek (17th century):

A

FATHER of microbiology. First to observe and describe microorganisms with an early microscope.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Hooke:

A

Discovered “cell” in cork slices

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Schwann and Schleiden:

A

Cofounded basic cell theory:
1. Organisms are composed of one or more cells
2. Cells are the basic unit of all life.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Virchow:

A

Contributed to cell theory: 3. All cells arise form preexisting cells (biogenesis)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Bassi:

A

Showed that fungus caused a disease in silkworms –> Germ theory of disease

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Louis Pasteur (5)

A
  • Swan-neck flask experiment
  • Vaccines for anthrax, rabies, and chicken cholera
  • Discovery of endospores
  • Industrial Microbio and Microbial ecology (wine)
  • Pasteurization
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Tyndall: (2)

A

Discovered that dust carries microorganisms.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Lister: (3)

A
  • Listeria named after him
  • Developed a system of sterile surgery
  • Developed Listerine mouthwash
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Koch: (2)

A
  • Nobel prize for the discovery of the cause of tuberculosis
  • Agar plates
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Koch’s Postulates (1800s): (4)

A
  1. Organism are in animals with diseases and not present in healthy animals
  2. Organisms must be grown in a pure culture
  3. When inoculated into a healthy animal, the animal must develop symptoms
  4. The organism must be re-isolated from the infected animal to prove its the same isolate
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Jenner:

A

Father of Immunology. Invented variolation to protect individuals from smallpox –> vaccines

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Alexander Fleming:

A
  • 1927, accidentally discovered penicillin
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly