Micro Chapter 1

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Robert Hooke

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Came up with the term "cells"

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Rudolf Virchow

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Pinned that cells only come from preexisting living cells. The cell theory

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Back 3

First one to see living organisms and create the first microscope

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Louis Pasteur

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Disproved spontaneous generation

*invented the pasteur flask

*discovered fermentation

*pasteurization

*silkworm disease caused by protozoan

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Ignaz Semmelweis

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Advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever (child birth fever)

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Joseph Lister

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Used a chemical disinfectant to prevent surgical infections

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Robert Koch

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Koch's postulates. To prove that a specific microbe causes a specific disease

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Edward Jenner

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Infected a person with cowpox. Discovered vaccinations

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Alexander Fleming

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Discovered penicillin and lysozymes. (First antibiotic)

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Biotechnology

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The use of microbes for our benefit

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Normal microbiota

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Bacteria normally present in and on the human body. Help protect against pathogens

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Antibiotics

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Are chemicals produced by bacteria and fungi that inhibit or kill other microbes

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Gene therapy

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The use of genetically modified bacteria to replace missing or defective genes in human cells. Ex: insulin

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Biofilm

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When microbes attach to solid surfaces and grow into masses

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Avian influenza A

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Primarily in waterfowl and poultry.

Sustained human- to-human transmission has not yet occurred.

Also known as "bird flu"

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MRSA

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Methicillin- resistant staphylococcus aureus

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Escherichia coli

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E. Coli.

Leading cause of diarrhea worldwide

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Spontaneous generation

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Hypothesis that living organisms arise from nonliving matter

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Biogenesis

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Hypothesis that living organisms arise from preexisting life