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-fermentation
-germ theory of disease

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Louis Pasteur

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-etiology of infectious disease
-Koch’s postulate

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Robert Koch

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-antiseptic surgery

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Joseph Lister

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-Father of microbiology
-first to observe and describe microorganisms using microscope

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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-fermentation
-pasteurization
-germ theory of disease

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Louis Pasteur

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-study of infectious diseases
-Koch postulate

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Robert Koch

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-antiseptic surgery

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Joseph Lister

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-one of the founders of bacteriology
-contribution to the classification and morphology of bacteria

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Ferdinand Cohn

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-penicillin

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Alexander Fleming

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-coined the term “antibiotic”
-streptomycin

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Selman Waksman

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-revolutionized microbial taxonomy by proposing the classification of organisms based on molecular phylogeny
-discovery of Archaea

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Carl Woese

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-endosymbiotic theory

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Lynn Margulis

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-bacterial pathogenesis
-molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence

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Stanley Falkow

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-Nobel Prize winner
-mosquitoes transmit malaria

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Ronald Ross

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-discovered the bacterial cause of African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

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David Bruce

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-father of tropical medicine
-identified mosquitoes as vectors for filarial worm
-elucidated the life cycle of these parasites

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Sir Patrick Manson

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Discovered the protozoan parasite Plasmodium (causative agent if malaria)

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Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

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-investigated the transmission of malaria by Anopheles mosquitoes

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Giovanni Battista Grassi

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-concept of chemotherapy
-discovered the first effective treatment for syphilis

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Paul Ehrlich

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-development of parasitic worms
-use of tissue culture techniques in Parasitology

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Ross Harrison

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-study of helminth parasites (causing lymphatic filariasis)

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D.K Palit

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-research on tropical diseases
-African trypanosomiasis and malaria
-advocated for improved sanitation and healthcare in colonial Africa

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Mary Kingsley

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-investigated the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infections
-hookworm disease and schistosomiasis

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Norman Stoll

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