1. Intro and History Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
Definition of microbiology?
A
The study of organisms that are usually too small to be seen with the naked eye
2
Q
From the 1000-1600s it was speculated that..
A
small invisible creatures can cause disease
3
Q
First person to challenge spontaneous generation?
A
Francesco Redi
4
Q
Who is credited as the first microbiologist?
A
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
5
Q
Who “silenced” spontaneous generation?
A
Louis Pasteur
6
Q
First person to discover a microbe?
A
Robert Hooke
7
Q
First “cell” identified?
A
Mould
8
Q
First to describe protozoa and bacteria
A
Leeuwenhoek
9
Q
Person who linked microbes to disease?
A
Semmelweis (Viennese surgeon)
10
Q
How did Pasteur prove spontaneous generation was false?
A
Showed that microbes arose from dust
11
Q
Microbes weren’t really describes until?
A
1665
