History Of Microbiology

Question 1

Robert Hooke

Answer 1

He termed the cell

Question 2

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Answer 2

Microscope
Observed living organisms
Provided images of fungi and bacteria

Question 3

Francesco Redi

Answer 3

Disproved maggots form on red meat spontaneously

Prevention method - prevent flies directly touching the meat

Question 4

John Needham

Answer 4

Claimed to prove spontaneous generation

Question 5

Lazzoro Spallazani

Answer 5

Disputed needhams conclusion

Question 6

Louis Pasteur

Answer 6

Disproved spontaneous generation theory
Pasteurization of alcoholic beverages
First vaccine (rabies ) and germ theory

Question 7

Ignaz Semmelweis

Answer 7

Savior of mothers

Question 8

John Snow

Answer 8

Father of epidemiology

Question 9

Joseph lister

Answer 9

Aseptic techniques to reduce microbes in medical settings
Disinfection if hands
Use of heat sterilization

Question 10

Robert Koch

Answer 10

Endospores
Confirmed germ theory
Developed pure culture methods

Question 11

Richard Petri

Answer 11

Petri dish

Question 12

Paul Ehrlich

Answer 12

Chemotherapy and syphilis

Question 13

Alexandra Fleming

Answer 13

Discovered antibiotics

Question 14

Edward Jenner

Answer 14

First vaccine of small pox