Microbiology (Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5)
micro - answer smaller than the eye can see
microbes/microorganisms - answer living organisms that we cant see with our eyes
unicellular - answer organism made of one cell (ex. prokaryotes, most protists, and
some fungi)
multicellular - answer organism made of more than one cell (ex. animals, land plants
and algae)
pathogen - answer a disease-causing organism
Theory of Spontaneous Generation - answer the theory that some forms of life could
arise spontaneously from nonliving matter
Louise Pasteur - answer disproved spontaneous generation with s-shaped flasks,
discovered fermentation and pasteurization with beer and wine
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - answer “father of microbiology", developed and improved the
first microscope, he drew pictures of organisms he found under the microscope
Robert Hooke - answerdiscovered the cell itself which lead to the cell theory
Edward Jenner - answer"father of immunology", created vaccinations
Robert Koch - answerproved that bacteria actually causes disease, created Koch's
postulates
Koch's Postulates - answerexperimental steps for directly relating a specific microbe to
a specific disease:
1. Pathogen must be found in infected organism
2. You must be able to isolate and culture pathogen from infected host
3. When introduced in healthy host, the pathogen must produce disease
lister - answeruse of antiseptic chemicals in healthcare settings
methanogens - answera type of archaea that produce methane as a waste product from
respiration
halophiles - answertypes of archaea that live in extremely salty environments
micro - answer smaller than the eye can see
microbes/microorganisms - answer living organisms that we cant see with our eyes
unicellular - answer organism made of one cell (ex. prokaryotes, most protists, and
some fungi)
multicellular - answer organism made of more than one cell (ex. animals, land plants
and algae)
pathogen - answer a disease-causing organism
Theory of Spontaneous Generation - answer the theory that some forms of life could
arise spontaneously from nonliving matter
Louise Pasteur - answer disproved spontaneous generation with s-shaped flasks,
discovered fermentation and pasteurization with beer and wine
Anton van Leeuwenhoek - answer “father of microbiology", developed and improved the
first microscope, he drew pictures of organisms he found under the microscope
Robert Hooke - answerdiscovered the cell itself which lead to the cell theory
Edward Jenner - answer"father of immunology", created vaccinations
Robert Koch - answerproved that bacteria actually causes disease, created Koch's
postulates
Koch's Postulates - answerexperimental steps for directly relating a specific microbe to
a specific disease:
1. Pathogen must be found in infected organism
2. You must be able to isolate and culture pathogen from infected host
3. When introduced in healthy host, the pathogen must produce disease
lister - answeruse of antiseptic chemicals in healthcare settings
methanogens - answera type of archaea that produce methane as a waste product from
respiration
halophiles - answertypes of archaea that live in extremely salty environments
