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Microbiology people
Question | Answer |
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Robert Hooke | (1665) coined term "cells" on viewing cork; 1st person to describe microorganisms[mold] |
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek | (1684) made his own microscopes; 1st to describe bacterial cells "wee animalcules" |
Ferdinand Cohn | (1860s) Founder of Science of Bacteriology; developed basic bacteriological practices; developed initial classification scheme for bacteria; established scientific journal of Bacteriology; worked with Bacillus and Clostridium(spore-forming organism) |
Louis Pasteur | found out that microbes do lactic acid fermentation; yeast in alcohol fermentation; disapproved of spontaneous generation(swan flask); developed vaccines to rabies, chicken cholera and anthrax |
Robert Koch | developed methods for pure culture of microorganisms; postulates for determination of etiological agents; discovered cause of tuberculosis; created what is known as Koch's postulates |
Martinez Beijerinck | Microbial selection(enrichment culture); 1st to describe viruses; identified nitrogen fixers, sulfate reducers |
Sergei Winogradsky | developed concept of chemolithotrophy; discovered several species, Microbiologie du Sol |