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Microbiology
Microbial World I
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| In 1668, demonstrated that maggots appeared only in decaying meat that had been exposed to flies. | Francesco Redi |
| Introduced the concept that living cells arise from other living cells. | Rudolph Virchow |
| Introduced the technique of vaccination for smallpox | Edward Jenner |
| First to use the microscope to observe âcells â | Robert Hooke |
| Made an association between silkworm disease and a fungus | Agostino Bassi |
| A surgeon who used carbolic acid to control wound infections. | Joseph Lister |
| First to speculate about the possibility of a âmagic bulletâ that would destroy a pathogen without harming the host. | Paul Ehrlich |
| Discovered Penicillin | Alexander Fleming |
| Using anthrax as a model, demonstrated that a specific microorganism is the cause of a specific disease. | Robert Koch |
| Originated our system of scientific nomenclature | Carolus Linnaeus |