Microbiology Ch. 1 Mr. Hackney
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- What was Linnaeus's contribution to science?
- creator of the binomial system of naming
- What did Whittaker do?
- "father of taxanomy" developed the 5 kingdom system of tavanomy
- What did Hippocrates do?
- "Father of Medicine" made the connection that deseases were caused by certain and the weather.
- What did Fracastora do?
- Said that diseases were caused by contagions that spread by touch, air, or by contaminated objects called fomites.
- What did Jenner do?
- Used the first "vaccine" by taking infected cow pox tissue and giving his patients cow pox to inoculate for small pox.
- What did Semmelweis do?
- innitiated washing of doctors hands before and after each patients to reduce the spread of child bed fever
- What did Lister do?
- instituted antiseptic surgery (spraying the surgical area during surgery and soaking the bandages with antiseptic solution) which greatly reduce secondary infection.
- What did Koch do?
- developed a system for identifying pathogens known as Koch's Postulates
- What did Pasteur do?
- developed first vaccine (for rabies)and the process of Pasteurization to prevent food spoilage by removing microbes.
- What did Fleming do?
- discovered first antibiotic (pennicilan)
- What did Leeuwenhoek do?
- "Father of Microscopy" developed and used the first powerful simple microscopes
- What did Janssen brothers do?
- developed the first functional compound microscope.
- List three characteristics of scientific nomenclature.
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1.Genus is capitilized, species is not
2.Italicized or underlined
3.Latinized - What are the five Kingdoms in Whittaker's system?
- Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
- What five the microbes that are part of the Monera kingdom.
- Bacteria
- What kingdom do molds and yeasts belong to?
- Fungi
- What kingdom to protozoa belong in?
- Protista
- List the seven taxa commonly used in classification.
- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
- What is the relation ship each taxa has with other taxa?
- Each one is a part of the taxa directly above it and no other at that level. a bacteria B.cereus the cereus species is only part of the genus bacillus genus
- What two changes occur in the taxa as you move from Kingdom to Species?
- Groups get smaller and the similarities between get greater members of each group.