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15 Cards in this Set
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Immunology |
Study of host defenses |
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Edward Jenner |
1). Inoculated a person with material from Cowpox lesions, thus protecting them from smallpox * First case recorded in infection prevention |
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Louis Pasteur Pt. II |
1). Developed Vaccines for rabies, anthrax, and chicken cholera |
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Vaccine |
A preperation of dead or weakened pathogens |
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Elie Metchnikoff |
Discovered phagocytes (some white blood cells) could engulf and destroy bacterial pathogens |
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Phagocytes |
Type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles
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Ferdinand Cohn |
Discovered spores forming bacteria |
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Vegetative cell |
A cell of a bacterium or unicellular alga that is actively growing rather than forming spores.
*Normal cell |
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Endospore |
1). A dormant, tough, non-reproductive structure produced by a small number of bacteria from
2). The primary function of is to ensure the survival of a bacterium through periods of environmental stress. |
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Vegetative cell VS. Endospore |
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Viruses |
1). Latin word: Poison 2). Smaller than bacteria 3). An infective agent 4). Too small to be seen by light microscopy 5). Able to multiply only within the living cells of a host. |
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Martinus Beijerinck & Dimitri Ivanovsky |
They did filtration experiments that proved the tobacco mosaic disease is caused by something smaller than a bacterium. They named that new pathogen virus.
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Tobacco Mosaic Disease
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Spots on tobacco leaves that slowed down the plants growth |
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Frederick Twort & Felix d'Herelle |
Discovered bacteriophage |
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Bacteriophage
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bacteria eater or bacterial virus |
