FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

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“microbes”, tiny living things that are too small to be seen by the naked eye

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Microorganisms

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study of the microorganisms,
micro- small
bio- life
logos- study

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Microbiology

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practice of quarantining people with leprosy and other diseases

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Bible

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attributed diseases to bad air, miasmatic odors

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Ancient greeks

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father of western medicine

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Hipocrates

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disease had natural, not supernatural causes

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Hippocrates

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father of scientific history as he advocated for evidence-based analysis on the cause and effect reasoning.

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Thucydides

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early understanding of the concept of immunity

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Thucydides

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a roman writer who proposed the concept that things we cannot see cam cause disease

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Marcus Terentius Varro

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res rusticae (on farming)

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Marcus Terentius Varro

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the birth of microbiology

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discovery era- 1500-1717

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father of microbiology
microbes as “little animalcules”
first sketch of bacteria

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Antony Van Leeuwenhoek

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developed the first practical compound microscope in which its feature are found on what whe used in our laboratory today.

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Robert hooke

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started the cell theory

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Robert hooke

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treatise describing protozoa

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Louis joblot

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the other father of microscopy

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Louis joblot

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this theory proposed that living things came from non living things

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Spontaneous generation theory (abiogenesis)

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supported the spontaneous generation theory

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John needham

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opposed John Needhams theory

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Lazaro Spallanzani

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strong opponent of spontaneous generation

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Francisco Redi

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he theorized/experimented that maggots did not arise from a decaying meat

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Francisco Redi

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Unified cell theory

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Matthias Schleidem amd Theodor Schwann

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all new cells arise from existing cells

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Rudolf virchow

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theory of biogenesis

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Rudolf virchow

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all living this are from pre existing living things

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Theory of biogenesis

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together with koch, they led the golden age of microbiology

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Louis pasteur

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pasteurization

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Lous pasteur

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germ theory of disease

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Louis pasteur

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vaccines for cholera, anthrax, chicken pox and rabies

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Louis pasteur

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vaccine against smallpox

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Edward jenner

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father of immunology

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Edward jenner

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introduced the system of heating to preserve foods

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Nicolas appert

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father of food science

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Nicolas Appert

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treated cholera outbreak from watter supply

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John Snow

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identified two types of bacteria

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Labile Endospore

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he identified two types of bacteria

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John Tyndall

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strengthened germ theory of disease bacillus anthracis tuberculosis cholera

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Robert Koch

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isolated typhiod bacillus

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George Gaffky

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developed diphtheria toxin

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Emily Von Behring

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widely known as “saviour of children”

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Emily Von Behring

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isolated tetanus bacillus

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Shiba Saburo Kitasato

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gram- staining tedhnique

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Christian Gram

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developed improved petri dishes in bacterial culture

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Julius Petri

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proved that typhus fever is transmitted by lice

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Charles Nicole

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tb immunization BCG: Bacillus Calmette Guerin first antivenom

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Albert calmette

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whooping cough bacillus

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Jules Bordet

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discovered the first effective treatment of syphilis

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Paul Ehrlich

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discover parasitic protozoans as causative agents of infectious diseaes E.g Malaria

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Alphonse laveran

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discovered the role of the female Anopheles mosquito in transmission of malaria

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Ronald Ross

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isolated gas gangrene bacillus

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William Welch

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discovered rickettsia species

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Howards Ricketts

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discovered penicillin

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Alexander Flemming

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discovered the intradermal vaccine to polio virus

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Jonas Salk

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oral polio vaccine

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Albert Sabin

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first two researchers pf HIV virus

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Robert Gallo and Luic Montagnier

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Aseptic technique Father of aantiseptic surgery

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Joseph Lister

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neisseria gonorrhea

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Albert Neisser

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first gene edited children

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He Jiankui