Microbiology Flashcards
Bacteria is ?
Bacteriology
Viruses is
Virology
Parasites is
Parasitology
Fungi
Mycology
What is pathogenic
Disease producing.
What did Hooke discover ?
Discovered the cell; cell theory
What did van Leeuwenhoek discover ?
Discovered bacteria; named them animalcules
What did Pasteur discover ?
Disproved the theory of spontaneous generation by experimenting with swan-neck flasks And āUā tubes
What is media and what is it made up of?
Food for bacteria and it is made of water, sugars, proteins, fats.
What is proof of biogenesis and who founded it?
Means that living cells arise only from pre-existing cells. Pasteur is noted for this.
Fermentation
How organisms eat the sugars
Pasteurization
Lowers # of bacteria
Who discovered and coined the word virus ?
Pasteur
Jenner ?
Father of immunology
Immunology
How we fight diseases