introduction Flashcards
(51 cards)
Inventor of compound microscope
Zacharias Janssens
Observed thin slice of cork under a crude microscope
Robert Hooke
father of microscopy
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Abiogenesis Theory
John Needham
Proponent of the Spontaneous generation theory
John Needham
AKA Abiogenesis
Spontaneous Generation Theory
Disapproved abiogenesis
Francisco Redi
Asserted that air prolly had entered needham’s solution
Lazarro Spallanzani
Importance of oxygen to life
Anton Laurent Lavoisier
Biogenesis theory
Rudolf Virchow
Father of Microbiology
Louis Pasteur
Puerperal fever, transmitted infections to babies
Ignaz Semmelweis
Father of aseptic techniques, treated wounds with phenol (carbolic acid)
Joseph Lister
Germ theory of disease, one pathogen to one disease
Robert Koch
Father of vaccine
Edward Jenner
Arsenic derivative text of Treponema pallidum (syphilis)
Paul Ehrlich
Discovered Penicillin
Alexander Fleming
Father of modern taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus
Study of minute living microorganisms
Microbiology
aka microbes that are minute organisms that individually are usually too small to be seen with the unaided eye
Microorganisms
we can find nearly everywhere
Ubiquitous
major group of microorganisms
Bacteria
Fungi
Protozoa
Microscopic Algae
Viruses
Study of Parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them
Parasitology
Encompass the subjects of sterilization and preservation
against microbial spoilage, and with the responsibility for
the safe, hygienic manufacture and use of medicines.
PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY