B.pharm notes topic- History of microbiology
-History of microbiology-
1. Antony van leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
* Antony van leeuwenhoek (1677) could see them in simple (one lens) microscope.
* He discoverd major classes of bacteria ( spheres , rods and spirals ) , protozoa,algae , yeast , erythrocytes, spermatozoa and tha capillary circulation.
Spontaneous generation of organization-(abiogenesis);
*The theory of spontaneous generation states the the microbes arise automatically in decomposing organic matter.
Golden Era of microbiology (1860-1910);
* Golden Era of microbiology started with the work of Louis' Pasteur and Robert koch .
Louis' Pasteur (1822-1895)
*He investigated number of aspect such as he showed that boiled medium could remain clear in a "swan-neck" flask. open to the air through a sinous horizontal tube in which dust particle would settle as air re-entered the cooling vessel.
* Pasture (1857) became interested in the fermentation product and observed different kind of microbes associated with different kind of fermentation
such as; Spheres of variable size in the alcoholic fermentation , smaller road ( lactobacilli) in the lactic fermentation during this experiment.
* Posteur developed the procedure of gentle heating (I.e ;Pasteurization) to prevent the spoilage of beer and wine by undesired microbes.
Germ theory of disease;
* The germ theory of disease has presented a great stimulus in microbiology and medicine.
Edward jeener (1796);
*Introduction vaccination against small pox , using material from lesions of a similar disease of cattle (cowpox).
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