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History of Bacteria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hippocrates | claimed that disease is caused by unseen organisms and transmission of disease by touch |
| Janssen and Galileo | created first microscope |
| Hooke | built a compound microscope and termed "cell" |
| Leeuwenhok | first man to observe microorganisms, by making a 300x magnification lens with some distortion |
| redi | used 3 jars to demonstrate that worms did not occur spontaneously |
| needham and spallanzani | experimented with boiled broth in open and sealed containers to see what went bad |
| leibig | claimed putrification is a chemical process, and said no oxygen means no spoiling |
| tyndall | air can sterilize by settling. proved this with swan neck flasks in an airtight box |
| pastuer | created swan neck flasks and worked with alcohol formation. Pasteurization by heating to 140 degrees |
| jenner | used cowpox to inoculate his son against smallpox |
| koch | identified bacteria causing anthrax, recognized spores, and created a way to study in vitrio |
| erhlich | researched chemotherapy and coined name |
| hesse | was the woman who discovered agar and its uses |
| chamberland | created porcelain filter to remove bacteria but could not get viruses |
| stanley | crystalized a tobacco mosaic virus and showed that the crystals contained protein and RNA |
| sammelweis | recognized the need for hygiene and hand washing by observed death rates of pregnant women with doctors |
| lister | initiated use of carbolic acid to sterilize |
| smith | |
| fleming | discovered the lysosome, and developed antibiotics by using mold to contaminate staph |
| florey and chain | commercialized penicillin |