MCB 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tuberculin, Petri Dish, Penicillin
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Who started microbiology: antoni van leeuwenhoek (1673-1723, first to see microbes as being alive, father of bacteriology. What could he see: different shapes of bacteria, red blood cells, spermatozoa, plant and animal cells, magnification of microscope was 32x. Introduced the compound microscope (objective lens + ocular lens: reported that the smallest biological structural units were little boxes cells (1665, cell theory: all living things are composed of cells. Lazzaro spallanzani: conducted experiments to disprove the doctrine of spontaneous generation, boiled infusion, hermetically sealed the container, only a small crack in the neck was sufficient to allow penetration and development of. Animalcules in the induction: concluded: microorganisms from the air contributes to the development of microbes. Vital force (oxygen) was kept out of the sealed flasks. 1940: reportedly he chose to commit suicide rather than allow the nazies to enter the. Rochert koch: german bacteriologist, studied causative agents of disease and proved the germ.
