Lesson 3: History of Microbiology, a walk through the past

Question 1

he introduced the Theory of Spontaneous Generation

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Aristotle (384 BC- 322 BC)

Question 2

states that life come from non-living matter

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Theory of Spontaneous Generation

Question 3

there were some intellectuals that believed were not able to provide proof.

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Lucretius
Girolamo Fracastoro

Question 4

developed an experiment which demonstrated that organisms did not spontaneously appear.

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Francesco Redi

Question 5

He hypothesized that maggots come from flies. He filled jars with rotting meat

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Francesco Redi

Question 6

popularized the use of compound microscope

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Robert Hooke

Question 7

first invented the compound microscope, a dutch spectacle-maker.

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Zacharias Janssen

Question 8

he was the first person to use the word “cell” to identify microscopic structures when he was describing cork.

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Robert Hooke

Question 9

Robert hooke featured many drawings, some of which have been attributed to;

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Christopher Wren

Question 10

a merchant of textiles and an amateur lens grinder, to get interested in microscope.

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

Question 11

he improved Hooke’s microscope by grinding lenses to achieve magnification.

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

Question 12

he became the first person to view living microorganisms, so tiny that they were invisible to the naked eye, which he called “ANIMALCULES”.

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Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 13

father of microbiology

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Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 14

he showed that microorganisms are present in the air.

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Louis Pasteur

Question 15

He proved that sterilized medical’s equipment became contaminated once they were exposed to the air.

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Louis Pasteur

Question 16

one of the best known sterilization techniques, was developed and named after Louis Pasteur.

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Pasteurization

Question 17

they led to one of the most important discoveries in sterilization and bacteriology.

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John Tyndall and Ferdinand Cohn

Question 18

They discovered the thermoresistant phase of bacteria to boiling temperatures.

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John Tyndall and Ferdinand Cohn

Question 19

he discovered that bacteria existed in two forms: a heat-stable form and a heat-sensitive form, and that prolonged or intermittent heating called Tyndallization destroys heat stable form of bacteria.

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Tyndall

Question 20

He discovered that these heat-stable forms are spores which develop into microorganisms in inadequately heated infusions

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Ferdinand Cohn

Question 21

he observed that communicable diseases were caused by invisible creatures called contagion be it by direct or indirect contact

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Girolamo Fracastoro

Question 22

belief that infections are caused by bad air went on for years.

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miasma theory

Question 23

states that living matter is generated from another living matter gained popularity.

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theory of biogenesis

Question 24

which states that microorganisms or germs can lead to a disease in humans, animals or other living hosts.

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Germ Theory of Disease

Question 25

saved lives by encouraging fellow doctors to wash their hands after performing autopsy and before proceeding to deliver a baby.

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ignaz semmelweis

Question 26

suggested to filter and boil water before use, short after he suggested that a “cell” is causing the disease.

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John Snow

Question 27

believed that cholera is transmitted by water contaminated with waste of other cholera patients.

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John Snow

Question 28

who first conducted formal experiments to promote germ theory of disease with his experiment on fermentation of wine.

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Louis Pasteur

Question 29

he also credited for his discovery of weakened or attenuated vaccine against fowl cholera, anthrax for small ruminants and rabies.

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louis pasteur

Question 30

elaborated the theory and practice of antiseptic surgery, which included washing the hands with carbolic acid to prevent infection. Known as the Father of modern Antisepsis

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Joseph Lister

Question 31

what germ does Robert Koch successfully linked?

Answer 31

Bacillus Anthracis (anthrax and mycobacterium bacillus)