Topic 1 Flashcards
Robert Hooke
microscope, first known depictions of microorganisms, drawings of fruit molds
Antoni Von Leeuwenhoek
first person to see bacteria, father of microbiology :)
What did Leeuwenhoek call bacteria?
Hint: its so cute
wee animalcules
Where did Antoni say microbes came from?
Hint: very stupid… not for 1500 I guess
spontaneous generation
Louis Pasteur smort guy (5 things)
- disproved spontaneous generation
- sterilization important for food
- fermentation
- vaccine development
- germ theory of disease
Germ theory of disease
whether microbes cause disease or not
Koch’s Postulates (4 steps)
- Suspected pathogen must be in all cases of diseased and absent from healthy
- suspected pathogen grown in pure culture
- cells from pure culture must cause disease
- pathogen must be reisolated and show same results
Koch’s postulates implications (2)
- show microbes are not just associated with disease, they cause it
- scientific rigour
Koch’s postulates limitations (2)
- some disease causing pathogen cannot be cultured
- disease causing pathogens can be present in healthy people and only cause disease in some
Robert Koch (4)
TBh hes a big deal (get it?)
Choler-a me surprised…
- methods and principles led to isolation on bacterial cultures
- proved cause of bacterial disease
- postulates are a current cornerstone of infectious disease
- discovered cause of tuberculosis and cholera
Bacteria
primary emphasis of mcb
Extremophiles fall into…
Archea
Eukaryotic examples
algae, mold, plasmodium spp (cause of malaria)
Viruses
genetic elements, only multiply in living cell, HIJACK other cells, NOT CELLS
LUCA
last universal common ancestor
LUCA feature
DNA rep,transcrip,transla, cell division, ATP energy intermediate, lipid bilayer, anaerobic metabolism, limited number of genes,
Chemotroph
derive energy from breaking chemical bonds
Phototroph
absorbs light, transforming into chemical energy
Chemoorganotrophs
break organic molecules
chemolithotrophs
inorganic chemicals breakdown
Devoid of oxygen
anoxic
Bacteria that produce oxygen O2 as waste product
cyanobacteria
Oxygen is a (4)
- great e- acceptor
- gave rise to aerobic organisms
- efficient energy production
- gave rise to complexity
Ozone layer
protects against UV, make planet surface more habitable