DATES

Question 1

Leeuwenhoek discovered animalcules

Answer 1

1676

Question 2

Muller produced the first classification of bacteria

Answer 2

1786

Question 3

Jenner introduced cowpox vaccination for small pox.

Answer 3

1798

Question 4

Schwann and Schleiden, the Cell Theory

Answer 4

1838 -1839

Question 5

Virchow stated the theory of Biogenesis

Answer 5

1858

Question 6

Lister published his work on antiseptic surgery.

Answer 6

1867

Question 7

Koch cultured bacteria on gelatin.
Pasteur developed anthrax vaccine.

Answer 7

1881

Question 8

Koch discovered tubercle bacilli.

Answer 8

1882

Question 9

First publication of Koch’s postulates.

Metchnikoff described phagocytosis

Autoclaved developed

Hans Christian Gram developed Gram Stain.

Answer 9

1884

Question 10

Pasteur developed rabies vaccine.

Answer 10

1885

Question 11

Richard Petri developed petri dish (plate).

Answer 11

1886

Question 12

von Behring prepared antitoxins for diphtheria and tetanus.

Answer 12

1890

Question 13

Bordet discovered complement.

Answer 13

1895

Question 14

Ross showed that malaria parasite is carried by the mosquitoes.

Answer 14

1896

Question 15

Reed proved that yellow fever is transmitted by the mosquitoes.

Answer 15

1900

Question 16

Landsteiner discovered blood group system.

Answer 16

1901

Question 17

Schaudinn and Hoffman showed Treponema pallidum causes syphilis.

Answer 17

1906

Question 18

Role of protozoa in the disease process.

Answer 18

1907

Question 19

Ehrlich developed chemotherapeutic agent for syphilis.

Answer 19

1910

Question 20

First edition of Bergey’s manual

Answer 20

1923

Question 21

Ruska developed first transmission electron microscope (TEM).

Answer 21

1933

Question 22

Chatton divided living organisms into prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

Answer 22

1937

Question 23

Waksman discovered streptomycin.

Answer 23

1944

Question 24

Fleming and Chain discovered penicillin and its therapeutic use.

Answer 24

1945

Question 25

Thelier developed yellow fever vaccine.

Answer 25

1951

Question 26

Development of phase contrast microscope Crick and Watson discovered the structure of DNA

Answer 26

1953

Question 27

Yalow developed the radio immunoassay (RIA) technique.

Answer 27

1954

Question 28

Lyme disease discovered

Answer 28

1975

Question 29

Recognition of archaeobacteria as a distinct microbial kroup

Answer 29

1976

Question 30

Development of scanning tunneling microscope (STM)|

Answer 30

1980

Question 31

Gallo and Montagnier identified and isolated HIV Mullis developed PCR

Answer 31

1983 - 1984

Question 32

First hepatitis B vaccine by genetic engineering approved for human use

Answer 32

1986

Question 33

Chicken pox vaccine approved

Answer 33

1995