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Robert Hooke

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First to see microbes - saw fruiting structure of mold. Published in Micrographia in 1665

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

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Saw “wee animalcules,” bacterial cells, in 1676. Used 300x magnification with Dark-Field.

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Francesco Redi

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Meat & Maggots experiment to disprove Spontaneous Generation in Macrobes

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Spontaneous Generation

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The first question of Microbiology. Can living matter arise from non-living matter?

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Louis Pasteur & Spontaneous Generation

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Gun-Cotton filters to show microbes were in the air. Swan-Neck flask trapped microbes while still allowing “good air” into the broth:::No Spontaneous Generation in microbes.

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Louis Pasteur & Diseases

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Worked in silkworm protozoans. Rabies Vaccine (Joseph Meister). Cholera. Pastuerization started with wine spoilage.

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Joseph Tyndall

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Tyndallization - Discontinuous heating lead to endospores - answered the “how long do you heat it for” question.

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Ferdinand Cohn

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Proved endospores existed at same time as Tyndall

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Agostino Bassi

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Proved a silkworm disease came from a fungus in 1835.

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Germ Theory of Diseases

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Question #2 - Can microbes cause diseases in animals? Bassi was the first to answer this fundamentally, others soon followed.

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Miles Berkeley

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Proved existence of Potato Blight Fungus. Got rich because it was important

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Joseph Lister

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Pushed for cleaner hospital practice which in turn lowered death rates - Listerine named in honor of him

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Robert Koch

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ID’d Anthrax & TB bacteria. Postulates for Germ Theory proved that it existed. Developed solid media - agar not gelatin

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Koch’s Postulate #1

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Suspected pathogen has to be present in 100% of cases of disease and 0% in healthy organisms.

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Koch’s Postulate #2

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Suspected Pathogen must be grown in pure culture (spurred agar media)

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Koch’s Postulate #3

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Cells from pure culture put into healthy animal must cause disease

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Koch’s Postulate #4

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Suspected Pathogen must be reisolated & same as original pure culture

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Fannie Hesse

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Koch’s lab: Wife of lab assistant who suggested Agar as the solid media over gelatin

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Richard Petri

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Koch’s lab assistant who developed Petri Dish

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Edward Jenner

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Noticed maids w/cowpox never got smallpox. Infected farmboy with cowpox, then smallpox; he didn’t get smallpox. First (attenuated) vaccine. 1798.

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Martinus Beijerinck

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Enrichment Culture technique - isolation done by selective nutrient growth. Also discovered TMV (Tobacco Mosaic Virus) which was beginning of Virology. Nitrogen Fixers.

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Sergei Winogradsky

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Microbial rxns in soil - without real media still occur. Chemolithotrophy. Autotrophy.

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Chemolithotrophy

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Bacteria that can gain energy from non-organics

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Autotrophy

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Taking fully oxidized carbon and converting them to reduced carbs

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Attenuated Vaccines
Using live things to vaccinate against other diseases. Pasteur & Meister (Rabies); Jenner (Smallpox)
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Fermentation
Microbial because spontaneous sometimes? Yeast & lactic acid
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Pasteurization
Partial heating to prevent wine spoilage
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Microbial Ecology
Showing microbial interaction w/environments Beijerinck with Enrichment Cultures of soil/water & TMV. Winogradsky with energy from non-organic sources.
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Types of Microscopes
4 Light: Bright-Field, Phase-Contrast, Dark-Field, Flourescence. 2 Electron: Transmission (TEM), Scanning (SEM)
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Refraction
Slowing & Bending of light
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Focus issues with no lenses
Stuff gets blurry when you get close. Looking for shorter Focal Length.
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Compound Microscopes
Microscopes with 2+ lenses - solves 1-lens problem (only 10-15x per lens).
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Focal Point
The thing you're focusing at
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Focal Length
The distance between Focal Point and Lens
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Parfocal
Picture being in focus for multiple lenses. Expen$ive
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Bright-Field Microscopes & Advantages
Ocular with 10x lenses; multiple objective lenses on turret. Field is bright. Intermediate image between lenses.
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Resolution Description
The ability to distinguish two objects from one another. How close can these two things be and I can tell the difference between them?
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Resolution Distance Formula
d=(.5λ)/Numerical Aperture | d= minimum distance two objects can be apart to tell the difference.
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Numerical Aperture
Measures light-gathering ability. Shows refractive Index. Works best at low λ.
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Staining
Coloration of microbes to avoid the issue with light passing through clear microbes. Works great on Bright-Field.
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Heat Fixation
Attaches microbes to slide using heat (&/or chemicals). Inactivates stray enzymes on the slide.
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Gram Staining Steps
1. Crystal Violet - All Cells Purple 2. Iodine - Mordant for some cells 3. Alcohol Decolorization - washes off purple from Gram Negs (where mordant failed) 4. Safranin counterstain - makes now clear Gram Negs pink/red
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Chromophore Dyes
Dyes that absorb light
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Charged Dyes
Basic Dyes have + charges (more common) | Acidic Dyes have - charges
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Differential (i.e. Gram) Staining
To differentiate between specific attributes of cells. Gram- peptidoglycan levels.
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Phase-Contrast Microscope & Advantages
Uses Condenser to focus light. We only see the light reflected by the cell. Looks like dark-fieldish. No Staining, fixation req'd. Useful for long, thin stuff. (van Leeuwenhoek)
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3-D Image Microscopy
3 Types: 1. Differential Intereference Contrast 2. Atomic Force 3. Confocal Scanning Laser
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Transmission Electron Microscope
Electron Beam passes directly through the specimen in a vacuum (to keep air/stuff out). Lenses = magnets to focus beam Electrons = Heated Tungsten Filament Dark on light background. Detection comes from film, not your eyeball. Works b/c λ is shorter than a photon's; better resolution. Requires really thin sections of specimen.
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Staining in EM
Aim to enhance electron density of specimen. Heavy Metal Salts - Good at deflecting electrons (uranyl acetates) + Stains: can see internal structures b/c increased e- density - Stains: if background is stained
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Platinum Shadowing
Coat specimen in platinum - way better electron density for reflection
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Scanning EM
Used for shapes & surfaces Usually coat specimen with gold to get 3D fashion Scan beam @ 45 degree angle->Software constructs image from input.
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Fluorescence Microscope
Plays off of biological fluorescence. Microscope emits excitation wavelength of light=passes through to light tube. Used sparingly - sometimes in diagnostics b/c antibodies have specific dyes esp. in mixed

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