Microbiology Exam #1

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Robert Koch

Germ Theory & Koch's Postulates

Scientists of Immunology

Jenner (smallpox vacc.) Pasteur (rabies/cholera) Metchinkoff (phagocytes)

Scientists who disproved spontaneous generation

Redi (meat in jar) Spallanzani (broth) Pasteur (swan-necked flask)

Scientists of Chemotherapy

Ehrlich (chem. affected organism but not animal cell.. sleeping sickness and syphilis treatment) Fleming- Penicillin

Joseph Lister

Aseptic technique by carbolic acid

Pasteur

Disproved S.G., Vaccines, Pasteurization

Leewenhoek

1st to see live specimen

Hooke

1st to see cells

Ecosystem

living organisms together with physical and chemical constituents of environment

Bacteria- Characteristics

single celled; no nucleus

Algae- characteristics

single celled; eukaryotic; photosynthetic

Fungi- characteristics

single and multicellular; eukaryotic;

Viruses- characteristics

composed of nucleic acid and protein; acellular

Types of viruses

Bacteriophages; Viroids, Prions

Bacteriophage

virus that eats bacteria

Prion

infectious protein aeceous particles

Viroid

nucleic acid without a protein coating

Protozoa- characteristics

single celled; eukaryotic

Cell theory

cells and fundamental units of life and carry out all basic functions

Germ theory

microorganism can invade other organisms and cause disease

Koch's Postulates

ID microbe; isolate and culture; introduce to healthy host; reisolate and culture