Scientists Flashcards
-fermentation
-germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur
-etiology of infectious disease
-Koch’s postulate
Robert Koch
-antiseptic surgery
Joseph Lister
-Father of microbiology
-first to observe and describe microorganisms using microscope
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
-fermentation
-pasteurization
-germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur
-study of infectious diseases
-Koch postulate
Robert Koch
-antiseptic surgery
Joseph Lister
-one of the founders of bacteriology
-contribution to the classification and morphology of bacteria
Ferdinand Cohn
-penicillin
Alexander Fleming
-coined the term “antibiotic”
-streptomycin
Selman Waksman
-revolutionized microbial taxonomy by proposing the classification of organisms based on molecular phylogeny
-discovery of Archaea
Carl Woese
-endosymbiotic theory
Lynn Margulis
-bacterial pathogenesis
-molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence
Stanley Falkow
-Nobel Prize winner
-mosquitoes transmit malaria
Ronald Ross
-discovered the bacterial cause of African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
David Bruce
-father of tropical medicine
-identified mosquitoes as vectors for filarial worm
-elucidated the life cycle of these parasites
Sir Patrick Manson
Discovered the protozoan parasite Plasmodium (causative agent if malaria)
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
-investigated the transmission of malaria by Anopheles mosquitoes
Giovanni Battista Grassi
-concept of chemotherapy
-discovered the first effective treatment for syphilis
Paul Ehrlich
-development of parasitic worms
-use of tissue culture techniques in Parasitology
Ross Harrison
-study of helminth parasites (causing lymphatic filariasis)
D.K Palit
-research on tropical diseases
-African trypanosomiasis and malaria
-advocated for improved sanitation and healthcare in colonial Africa
Mary Kingsley
-investigated the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infections
-hookworm disease and schistosomiasis
Norman Stoll
