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Microbiology
is the study of?
microorganisms
Micro
means?
small
Bio
means?
Life
Logos
means?
Study
Microorganisms
are also known as
Microbes
These are living things that are too small to be see with the naked eye?
Microorganisms
or
Microbes
During the time of the ancient greeks, they attributed diseases to what?
bad air
or
miasmatic odors
He is the father of Western Medicine?
Hippocrates
He believed that diseases had natural, not supernatural causes?
Hippocrates
He is considered the father of scientific history?
Thucydides
He advocated for the evidence based analysis of the cause-and-effect reasoning?
Thucydides
started the early understanding of immunity?
Thucydides
He is a roman writer who proposed the concept that things we cannot see can cause diseases?
Marcus Terentius Varro
He is known for "Res Rusticae"?
Marcus Terentius Varro
The discovery era of microbiology was?
1500-1717
He is the father of microbiology?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwonhoek described microbes as?
Little Animalcules
He is responsible for the first sketch of bacteria?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
He developed the first practical compound microscope?
Robert Hooke
He started the cell theory?
Robert Hooke
He coined the term "cell"?
Robert Hooke
The transitional period for microbiology was?
1718-1859
He is the father of microscopy?
Louis Joblot
Louis Joblot
discovered the
contractile vacuole
The
spontaneous generation
theory is also known as the?
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis
is a theory which proposes that
life
came from
non-living
things
He supported the
Spontaneous Generation Theory
?
John Needham
He opposed Abiogenesis and John Needham?
Lazaro Spallanzani
He theorized that maggots do not come from decaying meat & opposed abiogenesis?
Francisco Redi
This theory proposes that living things are from pre-existing living things?
Theory of Biogenesis
The discovery era was from?
1500-1717
the transitional period was from?
1718-1859
The golden era of microbiology were in?
1860-1914
He is known for the process of pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
He developed vaccines for cholera, anthrax, chicken pox, and rabies?
Louis Pasteur
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He is the father of immunology?
Edward Jenner
He created a vaccine against smallpox?
Edward Jenner
He is the father of food science?
Nicolas appert
He is the father of canned goods?
Nicolas Appert
He introduced the system of heating to preserve food?
Nicolas Appert
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