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BACT Lec > Week 1 Table of Dates > Flashcards

Week 1 Table of Dates Flashcards

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Publication of the first description of microbes

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1665; Robert Hooke

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Observation of “little animals”

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1667; Anton Van Leeuwnhoek

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Smallpox Vaccination – first scientific validation

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1796; Edward Jenner

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Advocating Handwashing in the prevention of the spread of diseases

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1850; Ignaz Semmelweis

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5
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Spontaneus Generation disproved

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1861; Louis Pasteur

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Publication of the paper supporting the germ theory of disease

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1862; Louis Pasteur

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7
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Practice of Antiseptic Surgery

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1867; Joseph Lister

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Discovery of the B. anthracis which became the first proof of germ theory

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1876; Robert Koch

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Utilization of solid culture media for bacterial growth

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1881; Robert Koch

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10
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Outlined Koch’s Postulate

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1882; Robert Koch

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11
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Developed of Acid-fast stain

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1882; Paul Erlich

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12
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Gram Stain developed

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1884; Hans Christian Gram

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13
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First Rabies Vaccination

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1885; Louis Pasteur

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14
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Invention of Petri Dish

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1887; Richard J. Petri

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15
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Discovery of Viruses

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1892; Dmitri Iosifovich Ivanovski

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16
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Zoonosis – first described

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1893; T. Smith, F. I. Kilbourne

17
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Viral dependence on living host cells for reproduction recognized

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1899; Martinus Beijerinck

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Proof of mosquitoes carry the agent of yellow fever

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1900; Walter Reed

19
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Discovered the cure for syphilis

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1910; Paul Erlich

20
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Discovery of Penicillin

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1928; Alexander Fleming

21
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Proposed and built the DNA Model

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1953; J. Watson, F. Crick

22
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Development of the DNA sequencing method

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1977; W. Gilbert, F. Sanger

23
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Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

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1983; Kary Mulis

24
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Publication of the first Microbial genomic sequence

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1995; The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR)

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