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Holmes/Semmelweis
Hand Hygiene
Koch
Specific Causative Agent of Disease
Pasteur
Linked disease to infection
Tyndall
Infrared radiation to irradiate bacterial spores
Lister
Surface disinfection/aspect tech in surgery
Discovered and described heat-resistant endospores (bacilli)
Ferdinand Cohn
Joseph Lister
Used aseptic techniques in surgery
Edward Jenner
Pioneer of small pox vaccine
Stanley B Pruinser
Coined the term "PRION"
The scientist who built the first simple microscope was
Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek
Taxonomy
Science of classifying living things
Identification
The process of discovering and recording traits of organisms so they can be placed in a taxonomic scheme
Eukarya;Archaea;Bacteria
For Gram Staining, gram positive bacteria appear__________
blue/purple
For Gram Staining, gram negative bacteria appear__________
pink/red
What is the cytoplasmic membrane?
Surrounds the cytoplasm and is composed of lipids and protein substances
What are mesosomes?
Present mostly in gram-positive bacteria, they are inward foldings of the cytoplasmic membrane
Which structure plays a direct role in the exchange of genetic material between bacterial cells?
Pilus
Examples of Eukaryotes
Fungi
Largest organism
Helminth
Smallest organisms
Virus
Many bacilli have a _____
Flagella
Father of Oral Microbiology
Willoughby Miller
First scientist to believe that bacteria should be classified as plants
Ferdinand Cohn
Showed that anthrax was caused by Bacillus anthracis in 1875
Robert Koch