MICRO 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Optical Microscope, Milkmaid, Microbiological Culture
29 May 2017
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Explain the controversy surrounding the concept of spontaneous generation and the experiment that resolved the controversy. Diagram the nitrogen cycle and describe the role of microbes in this cycle. Design a process to isolate nitrogen fixing bacteria. Explain the observations that lead up to the acceptance of germ theory and koch"s postulates. Describe the advances in medical microbiology made by lister, nightingale, jenner, There is more to the world than meets the eye Coined the term cell - to describe the individual compartments he saw using his primitive compound microscope. He was the first to observe individual cells of a plant. Well known for his development and improvement of the compound microscope. Demonstrated that the presence of maggots in molding meat did not result from spontaneous generation but from fly eggs deposited on the meat. Did extensive research on animal reproduction and definitively disproved the theory of spontaneous generation in 1768.
