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14 Cards in this Set
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek |
Dutch linen merchant
First to observe living microbes
Single-lens magnified up to 300X |
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Ignaz Semmelweis |
Correlated infections with physicians coming directly from the autopsy room to the maternity ward |
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Louis Pasteur |
Showed microbes caused fermentation and spoilage
Disproved spontaneous generation of microorganisms
Developed pasteurization
Demonstrated what is now known as Germ Theory of Disease |
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Joseph Lister |
Introduced aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings and prevent wound infections
Disinfection of hands using chemicals prior to surgery
Use of heat for sterilization |
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Robert Koch |
Postulates (sequence of experimental steps that verified the germ theory)
Identified cause of anthrax, TB, and cholera
Developed "pure cultures methods" |
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Germ Theory of Disease |
Many diseases are caused by the growth of microbes in the body and not by sins, bad character, or poverty, etc. |
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5 groups of microbes |
Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths (worms), Algae |
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Prokaryote |
Microscopic, unicellular organisms, lack nuclei, and membrane-bound organelles |
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Eukaryote |
Unicellular (microscopic) and multicellular, nucleus and membrane-bound organelles |
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Viruses |
Acellular, parasitic particles composed of a nucleic acid and protein |
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Bioremediation |
Using living organisms to remedy an environmental problem |
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Parasites |
Live on or in the body of another organism called the host and it damages the host |
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Pathogens |
Microbes that are harmful |
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Theory of biogenesis |
The idea that living things can only arise from the other living things
Louis Pasteur proved this |
