Well come to Microbiology Department

Dr. Mejbah Uddin

Asst. Prof. of Microbiology
Microbiology: Is the study
of microorganisms.

?
? What is microbiology?
 Microorganism or microbe: An organism
that is microscopic in size, usually too
small to be seen by the naked eye; includes
bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, blue-
green algae, and viruses.
 Introduction
 Branches of Medical Microbiology:
 Bacteriology

 Virology

 Parasitology

 Mycology

 Immunology
 History of Microbiology

 384 -322 BC
 Aristotle and Others - believed that living
organisms could develop from non-living
materials
 1676
 Anton von Leeuwenhoek (1632 -1723)
invents microscope and observed microbes.
 1861

Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895)

Founder of Modern Microbiology

. He discovered
Culture technique
Disease production by
microbes
Anthrax, Rabies
Live attenuated vaccine, ARV
 1876 - 1892
•Pure culture in solid
media
•Koch’s pastulates
•Isolated
•B. anthracis
•M. tuberculosis
Father of Medical •Cholera bacilli
Microbiology
Robert Koch (1843 –1910)
 1929.

Sir Alexander
flemming of Scotland
discovered
penicillin in 1929.

Sir Alexander flemming

(1881- 1955)
 1796 –1798.

Discovered Small Pox vaccine in

1796 –1798.

Edward Jenner
(1749 – 1823)
 Books
 Medical
Microbiology & Immunology
Examination & Board Review - Lange.
 Modern
Medical Microbiology-M R
Chowdhury
 Parasitology
Protozoology and
Helminthology- K D Chatterjee
 Medical Parasitology – Basic & Clinical
- Prof. Dr. Akram Hossain
Wish You All the best