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Scanlan Micro

PersonAccomplishmentYear
Louis Pasteur 1. proved microorganisms are responsible for fermentation 2. developed pasturization technique 3. developed vaccine for cholera, Pasturella multicida 1880s
Koch Identified agents of TB in people and cows; developed Koch's postulates 1880s
Hans Gram differentiate gram-positive from gram-negative bacteria 1884
Fred Loeffler 1. demonstrated the agent of diptheria, bacteria Corynebacterium diptheriae, in pharyngeal lesions in people 2. determined that the filterable agent in foot and mouth disease was a virus 1. 1884 2. 1898
Emile Roux demonstrated that the toxin produced by C. diptheriae caused the disease pathology 1888
Paul Elrich Salvarsan 606, an arsenic compound, was used to treat syphilis in people due to it's selective toxicity 1890s
Josph Lister an English surgeon who came up with the disinfectant spray carbolic acid 1890s
Walter Reed discovered that the vector of Yellow Fever was the mosquito; has a monument in DC named after him b/c discovery allwed the Panama Canal's completion 1900
Paul Frosch discovered that the filterable agent in foot and mouth disease was a virus 1898
Elie Metchnikoff found that leukeocytes engulf and kill disease-producing agent (phagocytosis) and therefore keep host healthy 1901
Fred Twort found that bacteriophages lysed bacteria 1915
Alexander Fleming Discovered that the toxin produced by the mold Penicillium notatum inhibited bacterial growth; discovery was not used until 1940s 1928
Alexis Carrel used a tissue culture to propagate eukaryotic cells; this allows modern scientists to isolate, poppagate, and identify many animal viruses and make vacines for them 1930s
Ray Parker used a tissue culture to propagate eukaryotic cells; this allows modern scientists to isolate, poppagate, and identify many animal viruses and make vacines for them 1930s
Jonas Salk Killed Polio vaccine; polio virus was grown in rheus monkey kidney tissue culture; parentally-administered 1955
Albert Sabin Live attenuated Polio vaccine; oral administration 1957
Antony van Leeuenhoek designed the compound microscope; "Father of Microbiology" 1675
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