Miroscope

History of Microbiology

  • Period: 1845 BCE to 1851 BCE

    Potato Blight

    Symptoms: 1-2mm black or brown lesions and yellow halo forms around it grow larger than 10mm in diameter.
    Treatment: Yes, copper fungicide or dithane945.
    Pathogen: Fungus.
  • Period: 1500 BCE to 1700 BCE

    Smallpox

    Symptoms: Starts with a rash, then raised fluid-filled blisters.
    Treatment: No.
    Pathogen: Virus.
  • Bubonic Plague
    Jan 1, 1347

    Bubonic Plague

    Symptoms: Swollen lymph nodes, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches.
    Treatment: Yes, heavy antibiotics.
    Pathogen: Bacteria.
  • Francesco Redi

    Francesco Redi

    Francesco did an experiment to see if maggots came from meat. He filled jars with meat, some were closed and others were open. Maggots only appeared on jars that were opened.
  • Anthony Von Leeuwenhoek

    Anthony Von Leeuwenhoek

    Discovered protozoa the single-celled organism and he called them animalcules-microscopic animals in water.​
  • John Needham

    John Needham

    He believes microorganisms can arise spontaneously. His experiment was boiling broth then sealing it and he then got growth inside.
  • Lazzaro Spallanzani

    Lazzaro Spallanzani

    Not convinced by Needham's experiment Lazzaro tested to see if microorganisms came from the air before the flask was sealed, tested the ​hypothesis and no organisms grew.
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Discovered a vaccine for small pox which reduced the death of millions "variolae vaccine".
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    French chemist discovered new cells are produced from existing ones, in a beaker, he filled with chicken broth and long s-shaped tubes that air could pass but microorganisms couldn't. When the tube was bent no microorganisms could pass when the tube was open microorganisms​ could pass
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister needed a way to disinfect, he observed that carbolic acid is used by sewers and is safe for humans to use. He began to use carbolic acid to wash his hands, disinfect his instruments before an operation. After a year his methods were a success.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    Took a blood sample from an infected cow, isolated the bacteria and put them into a mouse. He discovered the causitive agent of the fatal disease to be bacillus andthracis.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Discovered vaccines that are used for "Anthrax and Rabies".
  • D.E. Salmon and Theobald Smith

    D.E. Salmon and Theobald Smith

    Discovered Salmonilla vaccine.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Role: Responsible for biomedical and health-related research.
    Location: Stapleton, New York City, NY.
  • Pasteur Institute

    Pasteur Institute

    Role: Study biology, microorganisms, disease, and vaccines.
    Location: Paris, France
  • Dmitri Iwanowski

    Dmitri Iwanowski

    He gave the first concrete evidence for the existence of a non-bacterial infectious agent showing that infected sap remained even after filtering through finest chumberland filters.
  • Paul Ehrlich

    Paul Ehrlich

    Discovered Arsphenamine a medical treatment for syphilis, and chemotherapy.
  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming

    Discovered penicillin used - used as a modern antibiotic.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Role: Health and human services. Promote, prevent, and prepare with a goal of improving overall public health.
    Location: Atlanta, GA.
  • World Health Organization (WHO)

    World Health Organization (WHO)

    Role: Specialized agency of the U.N (United Nations) that is concerned with international public health.
    Location: Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Ebola

    Ebola

    Symptoms: Hemorrhagic fever, headache, muscle pain, chills, and bleeding.
    Treatment: Yes for symptoms only. Supportive intensive care, blood transfusion, oxygen therapy, and IV fluids.
    Pathogen: Virus.
  • Stanley Prusiner

    Stanley Prusiner

    He discovered an unprecedented class of pathogens that he named prions. Prions = an infectious protein that cause neurodegenerative diseases in animals and humans.
  • Luc Montaigner & Robert Gallo

    Luc Montaigner & Robert Gallo

    They found the virus that would later become HIV in lymph node biopsy and published their findings in the journal of science in 1983. It was later presented evidence that is cause AIDS
  • HIV

    HIV

    Symptoms: Flu-like symptoms, fever, sore throat, fatigue, but it is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS.
    Treatment: No, only slow the process.
    Pathogen: Virus.
  • SARS

    SARS

    Symptoms: Fever, flu, diarrhea, dry coughing, and shortness of breath.
    Treatment: No. Just supportive care for the symptoms which are tracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy, and airway management.
    Pathogen: Virus.