Transcript Famous Microbiologists

Famous Microbiologists
Edward Jenner
 1749-1823
 British
 Vaccine for smallpox
created from cowpox
 "Vaccination," the word
Jenner invented for his
treatment (from the Latin
vacca, a cow), was
adopted by Pasteur for
immunization against any
disease.
Louis Pasteur - “Father of Microbiology”
 1822-1895
 He solved the
mysteries of rabies,
anthrax, chicken
cholera, and silkworm
diseases, and
contributed to the
development of the
first vaccines.
Robert Koch - “Founder of Microbiology”
 German
 The Nobel Prize in
Physiology of
Medicine 1905
 Koch formulated
systematic method for
biological research
(Koch's Postulates)
Koch’s Postulates
 Pathogen must be found in infected
organism.
 Pathogen must be isolated & grown in lab
 Pathogen grown in lab & introduced to
healthy organism must cause the same
disease
 Injected pathogen must be isolated from the
second host
Alexander Fleming
 Biologist/Pharmacologist
 Scottish
 In 1914, he joined British Royal
Army Medical Corps to develop a
cure to reduce the number of
soldiers dying from infected
wounds.
 Discovered penicillin in
1928
 1930’s other scientists
discovered a way to mass
produce penicillin
Symbionts
 Microorganisms that are harmless or
beneficial to other organisms
– Examples
• Yeast & bacteria in mouth & throat
• Bacteria in large intestine
Zoonoses and Vectors
 Zoonosis = any disease that can be
transmitted from animals to humans.
– Ex. West Nile, Lyme Disease, Ebola
Vector = transport disease from animal to human
- usually do not get sick themselves
ex. Deer Tick is vector for Lyme Disease
Web Sites
 http://www.reformation.org/pasteur.html
 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1905/koch-
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bio.htmlhttp://search.nobelprize.org/search/nobel/?q=Alexander+Flemi
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http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/immunity/game/ind
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Game above
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/flemin.html
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Louis_Pasteur.html
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/nathist/jenner.html
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/b.gardner/Koch.htm