Microbiology 201: Chapter 1

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Algae

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1. Are unicellular or multi-cellular photosynthetic organism

2. They make their own food thru photosynthesis

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Microorganism

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1. mainly lives in soil, water or in other organisms

2. most of them do not cause disease

3. also called pathogens or germ if they cause disease

4. human pathogens are a small group of all microorganisms

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Lister

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1. Father of Modern Surgery

2. Created Antiseptic Technique

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Flemming

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1. Discovered lysozyme produced in tears

2. Discovered Penicillin

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Semmelweis

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Pioneer of antiseptic policy and prevention of nosocomial infection

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Schleiden & Schwann

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Observed and described the structure of plant and animal cells

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John Needham

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1. Cooked broth, poured into “clean” bottles, covered observed growth. Improper sterilization led to incorrect conclusions

2. Thought spontaneous generation was true

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Francesco Redi

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1. Meat Experiment

2. No sponanous generation

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Florence Nightingale

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1.Founder of modern nursing

2. Poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions led to high death rate of wounded soldiers

3. Lobbied to implement public health policies

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Robert Koch

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1. A founder of modern bacteriology (along with King Louis!)

2. First to use agar in culture media

3. Studied causative agent for anthrax in cattle

4. Devised a way to identify the microorganism causing a disease

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Paul Ehrlich

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1. Coined phrases “chemotherapy” and “magic bullet”

2. Discovered a drug called salvarsan

3. Gifted histological chemist – invented precursor technique to Gram stain

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Lady Mary Montague

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First to use inoculation procedure (variolation) to get immunity

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Edward Jenner

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1. Observed that exposure to cowpox lead to immunity to smallpox

2. Led to Vaccinations

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Father of Microbiology

Did early work with microscope

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Louis Pasteur

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Proved Spontanous Generation was not possiable.

Staircase expirement

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Robert Hooke

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First to use the word cell