Scientists Flashcards
“Micrographia”
Compound microscope and its uses
Robert Hooke
Thin slice of cork showed “little boxes” or cells; history of cell biology; “all living things are composed of cells.”
Robert Hooke
First to observe live microorganisms (“animalcules”)
Anton van Leeuwenhoke
Single-lens microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
(Swedish botanist)
Binomial nomenclature (“Systema Naturae”, 1735) : the genus (plural: genera) & specific epithet.
Carolus Linnaeus
The first letter of the genus is always capitalized, the specific epithet is not capitalized. Both names are underlined or italicized.
Binomial nomenclature
◼ 1st real experiment to dispute abiogenesis
Francesco Redi (an Italian physician; 1668)
◼ put boiled nutrient broth into covered flasks.
Pro abiogenesis
John Needham (1745-1748)
Evidence:
Lazzaro Spallanzani (1765)
Pro biogenesis
Is there a “life force” in air that can cause microbes to develop by spontaneous generation?
Is there a means of allowing air to enter a container but not the bacteria that are present in it?
Louis Pasteur (1864 )
Nutrient broth placed in long necked-flasks, then heated
No microbial growth
There is no such life force in air, and organisms do not arise by spontaneous generation
Pasteur
Historical Development : THE GOLDEN AGE OF MICROBIOLOGY
(1857-1914)
Pasteur’s work
The Germ Theory of Disease Vaccination
Antimicrobial drugs
Microbes are responsible for Fermentation (1857) and spoilage of food.
Vinegar (acetic acid) is produced when bacteria ferments ethanol in wine.
Spoilage bacteria could be killed through pasteurization (1864).
Pasteur’s Work
discovered a silkworm disease caused by a fungus.
Agostino Bassi
advocated handwashing to prevent spread of puerperal fever (childbirth fever).
Ignaz Semmelweis