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Microbiology, module 1
history of microscopy
Early
Antonii van Leeuwenhoek
1684, invented the microscope that could view bacteria, and drew first microbes.
Carolus Linnaeus
1735, developed nomenclature for bacteria.
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20th century
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Alexander Fleming
1928, discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin.
antibiotics are naturally produced by definition, and are used to treat ONLY bacterial infections.
Paul Berg
1960s, created first recombinant DNA and began biotech explosion.
golden age of micro!
Ignaz Semmelweis
1846, promoted handwashing as a method to decrease mortality in hospitals.
Joseph Lister
1860s, used phenol as disinfectant for wounds.
Louis Pasteur
1860s, created pasteurization and sterilization.
spontaneous generation
hypothesis stating that organisms, including bacteria and maggots, formed out of thin air.
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Robert Koch
1867, showed that bacteria are what cause anthrax and developed Koch's postulates that are used to determine what microbe causes a disease.
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