Microbiology - Historical Figures Flash Cards

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Title: Microbiology - Historical Figures
Description: Historical figures from the world of Microbiology
Number of Cards: 28
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Author: jwdpta9
Created: 2002-09-11
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    • Side 3
    • Who discovered the single most important differential stain in Microbiology?
    • H.C. Gram, 19th-20th Centuries
    • Who is known as the "Father of Immunology"?
    • Edward Jenner
    • Gerhard Domagk, 2oth Century, discovered what ?
    • sulfa drugs from dye Protosil in 1932
    • Edward Jenner, 18th Century
    • Discovered a vaccine for smallpox
    • What is the "Magic Bullet" discovered by Paul Ehrlich?
    • an arsenic containing organic compound which was selectively active against syphilis
    • Who is known as the "Father of Microbiology"?
    • Anthony van Leeuwenkoek (1632-1723)
    • R. Koch isolated the agents of 3 viruses which are?
    • anthrax, TB, cholera
    • Who discovered the use of agar in Microbiology?
    • Robert Koch, 19th-20th Centuries
    • Whitaker in 1969 proposed five groups of life forms which were ?
    • Plants, Animals, Protists, Fungi, Procaryotes
    • In the 1950's, Stanier, Doudoroff and Adelberg recognized two categories of animals which were ?
    • Procaryotic and Eucaryotic
    • Who introduced the use of antiseptics?
    • Ignaz Semmelweis, 19th Century
    • Who said, "Chance favors the prepared mind."?
    • Louis Pastuer
    • In the 18th century, Carlos Linnaeus proposed what system?
    • binomial nomenclature system in which each organism would have a two-fold name, a genus name (initial capitalized) and species name (in small letters)
    • Besides L. Pastuer, who else is known as a GIANT of Microbiology?
    • Robert Koch
    • Who developed the "side chain" theory for the explanation of antigenic specificity?
    • Paul Ehrlich, 19th-20th Centuries
    • Louis Pastuer also discovered the principle of ________ and discovered what related to fermentation?
    • attenuation; anaerobes
    • Who discovered penicillin?
    • Alexander Flemming, 20th Century
    • What is the principle of antibiosis?
    • inhabitation of microbes by the product of another microbes - Flemming
    • Which system of classification is the most currently accepted classification system of cellular life forms?
    • Whittaker's
    • Paul Ehrlich is known as the _____________________.
    • Founder of the modern science of immunology.
    • Louis Pastuer is known as the ________ of Microbiology.
    • GIANT of Microbiology
    • Name the four Koch postulates.
    • 1. Organism must be present in every case of disease.
      2. It must be isolated and grown in pure culture in the lab.
      3. It must produce the disease when in a healthy host.
      4. Then it must be isolated from the second host.
    • Who developed the use of antiseptics in surgery in 1896?
    • Joseph Lister, 19th Century - "Listerine"
    • Who developed the modern concepts concerning chemotherapy?
    • Paul Ehrlich
    • Paul Ehrlich was a proponent of the _______________ .
    • humoral theory of immunity
    • How did Louis Pastuer contribute to Microbiology?
    • He established the physical basis for optical activity, developed Pasteurization; he disproved the theory of spontaneous generation, and developed the vaccine for rabies
    • Who proposed the establishment of a third animal kingdom, the Protisa?
    • Haeckel, a German zoologist, in 1866
    • Who proposed another group of microrganisms recently from the Univ. of Illin. at Urbana?
    • C.R. Woese and associates