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As you work through the activities and practice quizzes for this chapter, keep the
following learning objectives in mind. Once you have mastered this chapter, you
should be able to:
Invented microscope, proprietary, never trained anyone, notes “public” post death,
made over 500 microscopes, one for each specimen
Explain why protozoa, algae, and non-microbial parasitic worms are studied in
microbiology.
These are microscopic beings that can be studied and analyzed only microscopically
and for the worms, they eggs are microscopic and that is where diagnosis of the
parasite if often done thru stool samples
Prokaryotic –unicellular, lack nucli, small, found everywhere there is H2O, asexual
reproduction
Eukaryotic – membrane bound with nucleus, gets nutrition from other organisms,
asexual and sexual reproduction,
List four questions that propelled research into what is called "the Golden Age of
Microbiology."
Needham
Spallanzani – beef gravy (like Needham) but sealed necks of vials (no spontaneous
gen unless broken)
Identify the scientist whose experiments led to the field of biochemistry and the
study of metabolism.
First photomicrograph
Aseptic techniques
List the four steps that must be taken to prove the cause of a contagious disease.
Identify four health care practitioners who did pioneering research in the areas of
public health microbiology and epidemiology.
Name two scientists whose work with vaccines began the field of immunology.
Jenner
Erlich