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History of Microbiology

History of Microbiology. Chapter 1. Microbiology. The study of organisms too small to be seen individually with the naked eye during part or all of their life cycle. Types of Organisms. Scientific Nomenclature. Bacillus anthracis. Genus. Species. Why the Latin?.

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History of Microbiology

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  1. History of Microbiology Chapter 1

  2. Microbiology The study of organisms too small to be seen individually with the naked eye during part or all of their life cycle.

  3. Types of Organisms

  4. Scientific Nomenclature Bacillus anthracis Genus Species

  5. Why the Latin? • Scholarly language of Western Europe • Dead Language • No National Connection • No Changes to Grammar

  6. Before Microbiology

  7. Early History of Microbiology Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1676) Robert Hooke (1665)

  8. The Golden Age of Microbiology Robert Koch German School Louis Pasteur French School

  9. The Age of Antibiotics Alexander Fleming John Tyndall

  10. Antibiotics Commercialized Ernest Chain Howard Florey

  11. Stephen Jay Gould There is no Age of Dinosaurs or Age of Man, it has always been and will always be the Age of Bacteria

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