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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
01/22/2011

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Carolus Linneaus
Definition
Developed binomial nomenclature
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Carl Woese
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Described Archea and made three domains for classifying
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Bacteria
Definition
Prokaryotic, Bacteria domain, Unicellular, Peptidoglycan cell wall, binary fission, flagella
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Archea
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Prokaryotic, Archea domain, multicellular, No peptidoglycan, live in extreme environments
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Fungi
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Eukaryotic, Eucarya domain, multicellular, Obtain nutrients from environment, no photosynthesis
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Protozoa
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Eukaryotic, Eucarya domain, unicellular, live in watery environment, motile, some use photosynthesis=euglena
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Algae
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Eukaryotic, Eucarya, unicellular or multicellular, photosynthesis, creates oxygen and carbohydrates
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Virus
Definition
non cellular, DNA or RNA core surrounded by a protein coat.
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Parasite
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Multicellular, flatworm or roundworm= helminthes
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Robert Hooke
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Observed cork was made of little boxes, coined term cell. Looked at fungi
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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first to observe microorganisms. (bacteria and protozoa)
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Van Helmont
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came up with a recipe for making mice. Supported spontaneous generation
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Francesco Redi
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demonstrated that maggots appear on decaying meat only when flies can lay eggs on it. Against spontaneous generation
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John Needham
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claimed that microorganisms could arise spontaneously from nutrient broth in a "clean" flask. Supported SG
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Lazzaro Spallanzani
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Proved that needhams results were due to microorganisms entering the broth from the air
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Rudolf Virchow
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introduced biogenesis: living cells can arise only from preexisting cells
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Louis Pasteur
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Made S shaped flask that was open to air, but didnt show any growth. Also developed aseptic techniques. Found that yeast ferment sugar to alcohol and that bacteria can oxidize alcohol to acetic acid
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Pasteurization
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heat treatment used to kill microbes in beverages and products
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Agostini Bassi
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showed a relationship between microorganisms and diseases (looking at silk worms)
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Semelweis
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Told med students to wash hands, cutting down on disease transfer significantly
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Joseph Lister
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introduced use of disinfectant to clean surgical wounds
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Robert Koch
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proved that microorganisms caused disease through Kochs postulates
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Koch's Postulates
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1. the same pathogen must be present in every case
2. pathogen must be isolated and grown in pure culture
3.pathogen from pure culture must cause disease in healthy animal
4.must be inoculated from diseased animal and matched to original organism
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Edward Jenner
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inoculation with cowpox material provides humans with immunity to small pox
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Paul Ehrlic
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Introduced arsenic containing chemical called slavarsan to treat syphilis
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Alexander Fleming
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observed penecillin inhibited growth of bacteria on a plate streaked with bacteria
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Mycology
Definition
Study of fungi
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