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W1 - INTRO AND HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY Flashcards

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cause disease when the hosts defenses are compromised or when they grow in a part of the body that is not natural to them

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opportunistic pathogens

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2
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year and name
- coined “cell”
- observed cork through a microscope

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1665, Robert Hooke

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3
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first to observe live microorganisms (animalcules)

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anton van leeuwenhoek

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leeuwenhoke made detaile ddrawings of organisms he found in the -, -, -?

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rain water, feces, material scraped from teeth

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5
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devised two-part naming system; father of taxonomy

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carolus linnaeus

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6
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explain abiogenesis

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living organisms arise from nonliving matter

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explain biogenesis

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origin of life is due to pre-existing life

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developers of cell theory

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rudolf virchow
theodor schwann
matthias jacob schleiden

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proposed theory of biogenesis; observed that cell divide to produce more cells

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rudolf virchow

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cell theory (3)

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all living things are COMPOSED OF CELL
all life functions of an organism OCCUR WITHIN A CELL
all cells come from PRE-EXISTING CELLS

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people who proved biogenesis theory

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louis pasteur
francesco redi
lazzaro spallanzani

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performed test for spontaneous generation (proved that cells can only arsis from pre existing cells)

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louis pasteur 1864

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13
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golden age of microbiology

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1857-1914

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14
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microbes is responsible for

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fermentation snd spoilage of food

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15
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chemical break down of substance by bacteria, yeast and other org. - involving effervescent in the giving of heat

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fermentation

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16
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produced when bacteria ferments ETHANOL in WINE

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vinegar (HAc)

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17
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process if heating the object - make it safe ex milk

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pasteurization

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18
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based on the concept that many diseases are caused by infections w microorganisms

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germ theory of disease

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19
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laid the notion that diseases could be spread by seed-like entities and were categorized based on how they could be transmitted

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Girolamo Fracastoro (1550s)

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20
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demonstrated that the disease AFFLICTING SILKWORMS was caused by a parasitic fungus

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Agostino Bassi (1835)

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21
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theorized that disease in humans and animals was also caused by microorganisms

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Agostino Bassi (1835)

22
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demonstrated that life did not arrive spontaneously from non living matter

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Louis Paster 1865

23
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discovered silkworm disease was caused by a protozoan

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Louis Pasteur 1865

24
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advocated HANDWASHING to prevent the spread of puerperal fever

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Ignaz Semmelweis (1840s)

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used ANTISEPTICS to prevent surgical wound infections

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Joseph Lister 1860s

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Lister performed surgery under aseptic conditions using -

27
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established experimental steps directly linking a specific microbe to a specific disease

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Robert Koch

28
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important diseases established by koch

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Vibrio choleriae
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bacillus anthracis

29
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Koch’s Postulates

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  1. Microorganism must be found in diseased but not in healthy individuals
  2. Microorganism must be cultured from the disease
  3. Inoculation of healthy individual w the a cultured microorganism must recapitulate the disease
  4. Microorganism must be isolated from the inoculated
30
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founder of vaccinology

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edward jenner 1796

31
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first smallpox wax was developed

32
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smallpox global eradication

33
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powerful chemicals to kill growing cells in body

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chemotherapy

34
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treatment for malaria

35
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Ehrlich develioed an arsenic compound known as

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Salvarsan or 606

36
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imaginative thinker who first fired the first shot in chemotherapy revolution

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Paul Ehrlich

37
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discovered penicillin (1st antibiotic)

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Alexander Fleming 1928

38
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old name if penicillin

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Penicillium notatum

39
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new name of penicillin

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Penicillium chrysogenum

40
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in 1930s - were synthesized

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Sulfonamides

41
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when was Penicillin tested clinically and mass produced?

42
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introduced Recombinant DNA or Hybrid DNA

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Paul Berg 1960s

43
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studies the mechanism by which the microorganism inherit traits in molecular biology

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microbial genetics

44
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bacteria once classified as plants

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flora, microflora

45
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harmless bacteria; may be beneficial; prevent growth of pathogens; produce growth factors

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normal microbiota

46
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ability to ward off disease factors

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resistance

47
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when a pathogen overcomes the hosts resistance, disease results

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infectious diseases

48
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diseases that are new or changing and are increasing or have the potential to increase in incidence in the near future

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emerging infectious diseases

49
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viral infection caused by SARS Cov

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

50
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H1N1 influenza is also known as

51
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occurs in birds worldwide

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Avian Influenza (H5N1) or bird flu

52
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in 2013, - sickened 132 people in China

3J - BACTERIOLOGY LEC (1ST SEM: PRELIMS) (4 decks)

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