MCB 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Final Straw, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
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Chapter 1: the evolution of microorganisms and microbiology. The role of microorganisms in disease: was not immediately obvious. Infectious disease believed to be due to supernatural forces or imbalances of 4 bodily-fluid (cid:858)hu(cid:373)ors(cid:859: establishing connection depended on development of techniques for studying microbes. Evidence for the relationship between microorganisms and disease: agostini bassi (1773-1856) Showed that a disease of silkworms was caused by a fungus: m. j. berkeley (ca. Demonstrated that the great potato blight of ireland was caused by a water mold: heinrich de bary (1853) Showed that smut and rust fungi caused cereal crop diseases: louis pasteur. Demonstrated microorganisms carried out fermentations, helping french wine industry. Developed pasteurization to avoid wine spoilage by microbes. Showed that the p brine disease of silkworms was caused by a protozoan: joseph lister. Provided indirect evidence that microorganisms were the causal agents of disease.
