slide 1 Flashcards
what were infectious diseases blamed on in olden days
spiteful gods, whitchcraft, bad air
what bacteria caused black death
yersinia pestis
what did frances king commission about black death
major conjunction of three planets in aquarius, caused corruption of the air
What did robert hooke tdo?
he was the microscope pioneer
first known depictions of microorganisms
what did antoni van leeuwenhoek do
dutch amateur microscope builder
first person to see bacteria, published findings
self build light microscope
who was considered the father of microbio
antoni van leeuwenhoek
what did antoni call bacteria
wee animalcules
spontaneous generation
life emerges spontaneously from non living materials
what is louis pasteur disprove
disproved spontaneous generation
discovered that if things are left open there is contamination
other accomplishments of louis pasteur
sterilization techniques (pasteuriziation)
how fermentation works
contribution to vaccine development
what theory did louis pasteur contribute to?
germ theory of disease–> that microbes cause some diseases
germ theory of disease
not generally accepted until mid 1800s
pasteur indicated some diseases caused by microbes
who provided definitive evidence of the germ theory of disease?
robert koch
what causes anthrax
not the bacteria
kochs postulates and its stepss
method of scientific rigor
1) pathogen must be present in all cases of disease, absebt from healthy
2) pathogen must be grown in pure culture
3) put pure cullture in healthy animal
4) reisolate subject from animal
