Microbiology - Historical Figures
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- Who discovered the single most important differential stain in Microbiology?
- H.C. Gram, 19th-20th Centuries
- Who is known as the "Father of Immunology"?
- Edward Jenner
- Gerhard Domagk, 2oth Century, discovered what ?
- sulfa drugs from dye Protosil in 1932
- Edward Jenner, 18th Century
- Discovered a vaccine for smallpox
- What is the "Magic Bullet" discovered by Paul Ehrlich?
- an arsenic containing organic compound which was selectively active against syphilis
- Who is known as the "Father of Microbiology"?
- Anthony van Leeuwenkoek (1632-1723)
- R. Koch isolated the agents of 3 viruses which are?
- anthrax, TB, cholera
- Who discovered the use of agar in Microbiology?
- Robert Koch, 19th-20th Centuries
- Whitaker in 1969 proposed five groups of life forms which were ?
- Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi, Procaryotes
- In the 1950's, Stanier, Doudoroff and Adelberg recognized two categories of animals which were ?
- Procaryotic and Eucaryotic
- Who introduced the use of antiseptics?
- Ignaz Semmelweis, 19th Century
- Who said, "Chance favors the prepared mind."?
- Louis Pastuer
- In the 18th century, Carlos Linnaeus proposed what system?
- binomial nomenclature system in which each organism would have a two-fold name, a genus name (initial capitalized) and species name (in small letters)
- Besides L. Pastuer, who else is known as a GIANT of Microbiology?
- Robert Koch
- Who developed the "side chain" theory for the explanation of antigenic specificity?
- Paul Ehrlich, 19th-20th Centuries
- Louis Pastuer also discovered the principle of ________ and discovered what related to fermentation?
- attenuation; anaerobes
- Who discovered penicillin?
- Alexander Flemming, 20th Century
- What is the principle of antibiosis?
- inhabitation of microbes by the product of another microbes - Flemming
- Which system of classification is the most currently accepted classification system of cellular life forms?
- Whittaker's
- Paul Ehrlich is known as the _____________________.
- Founder of the modern science of immunology.
- Louis Pastuer is known as the ________ of Microbiology.
- GIANT of Microbiology
- Name the four Koch postulates.
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1. Organism must be present in every case of disease.
2. It must be isolated and grown in pure culture in the lab.
3. It must produce the disease when in a healthy host.
4. Then it must be isolated from the second host. - Who developed the use of antiseptics in surgery in 1896?
- Joseph Lister, 19th Century - "Listerine"
- Who developed the modern concepts concerning chemotherapy?
- Paul Ehrlich
- Paul Ehrlich was a proponent of the _______________ .
- humoral theory of immunity
- How did Louis Pastuer contribute to Microbiology?
- He established the physical basis for optical activity, developed Pasteurization; he disproved the theory of spontaneous generation, and developed the vaccine for rabies
- Who proposed the establishment of a third animal kingdom, the Protisa?
- Haeckel, a German zoologist, in 1866
- Who proposed another group of microrganisms recently from the Univ. of Illin. at Urbana?
- C.R. Woese and associates