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Microscopy/History
microbiology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Promulgated the theory of abiogenesis | Aristotle |
| Archaea habitats | Acidic hot springs, swamp mud, Great Salt Lake |
| Hypothesized that a bacterial colony arises from a single bacterial cell | Robert Koch |
| Its cell walls contain peptidoglycan | Bacteria |
| Who boiled hay infusions and beef broth to support the theory of spontaneous generation? | Needham |
| Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology | van Leeuwenhoek |
| Who boiled hay infusions in flasks with S-shaped necks and laid the great debate to rest? | Pasteur |
| Who studied the causitive agents of disease? | Robert Koch |
| What protocols are involved with Koch's postulates? | Isolation, cultivation, introduction, and reisolation |
| Father of Microbiology? | Pasteur |
| Who developed the classification system? | Linnaeus |
| First person to practice antiseptic surgery | Lister |
| Whose investigations led to the field of etiology? | Koch |
| Whose investigations led to the field of epidemiology? | Snow |
| Who developed the smallpox immunization? | Jenner |
| His work with enzymes was the beginning of the study of metabolism and the field of biochemistry | Buchner |
| Fluorescent microscope | Type of light microscope that uses an UV light source to fluoresce objects |
| Chemical fixation | A technique that uses methyl alcohol or formalin to attach a smear to a slide |
| What is the shortest wavelength of visible light? | About 390nm |
| The first scientist to provide scientific evidence that contradicted the spontaneous generation of microbes | Spallanzani |
| Demonstrated that flies arise from previously existing flies | Redi |
| The scientist who pioneered handwashing as a means of reducing disease transmission | Semmelweis |
| The use of chemicals to kill microbes, but not human cells | Chemotherapy |
| This is the formal term for the "magic bullet" as conceived by Paul Ehrlich. | Chemotherapy |
| Most bacteria have which molecule in their cell wall? | Peptidoglycan |
| The structural molecule of bacterial cell walls | Peptidoglycan |
| Which kingdom contains multicellular eukaryotes that obtain nutrition by absorbing organic material from their environment? | Fungi |
| How do fungi obtain nutrition? | Absorbs solutions of organic material from their environment. |
| Which type of cell contains a nucleus? | A eukaryote |
| Which of the following organisms contains both unicellular and multicellular organisms that use photosynthesis? | Algae |