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college microbiology course.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Know what the Spontaneous Generation Debate was, which scientists played a part, and how each contributed to settling the debate.
- Understand the Germ Theory of Disease (see Early Germ Theory & Later Germ Theory) and the relevant contributions of the scientists we discussed.
- Who were the key players in the early history of immunology, and what information did each contribute to our understanding of immunology?
- What was the significance of Christian Gram's contribution to microbiology?
- What is the difference between a vegetative cell and an endospore? Who discovered this?
- What does it mean when a microbe is "attenuated"?
- Know the antimicrobial agents that we discussed and who discovered them.
- Know the microbes that we met in this lecture, the diseases they cause and their relevance to the topics discussed:
- Streptococcus pyogenes and Germ Theory
(Semmelweis, Holmes, Lister)
- Clostridium perfringens and Germ Theory (Lister)
- Vibrio cholerae and Germ Theory (Snow)
- Bacillus anthracis and Germ Theory (Koch)
- Cowpox / Smallpox and Immunology (Jenner)
LECTURE POWERPOINT
Versions of History of Microbiology PPT:
- Student's History of Microbiology PowerPoint Show
- Student's History of Microbiology PPT PDF Printout
Printing: The best way for students to print out the PowerPoint Show is to download the PDF version. Select Print, and, when the Print screen comes up, go to the Print Handling options. Under Page Scaling, select "Multiple pages per sheet", Under Pages per sheet, select "2". That uses up less paper, placing two slides on each page.
Spread of the Black Death
in Europe (1346–53). The disease, caused by the bacteria Yersenia pestis, was transmitted to human through the bite of infected rat fleas.
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You have free access to a large collection of materials used in a college-level introductory microbiology course. The Virtual Microbiology Classroom provides a wide range of free educational resources including PowerPoint Lectures, Study Guides, Review Questions and Practice Test Questions.
The History of Microbiology Lecture materials include:
- a list of learning objectives
- a PowerPoint lecture
- additional required readings
- practice test & review questions
- links to additional educational resources
REQUIRED READINGS
Here is what you need to read, in addition to the PowerPoint, to master this topic. Check Moodle & your textbook for additional readings.
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: Pioneer of Microbiology
- Early Germ Theory: Contributions of Leeuwenhoek, Semmelweis & Snow
- Late Germ Theory: Contributions of Pasteur, Lister, Koch, Domagk & Fleming
- Koch's Postulates: Scientific Method Linking Microbe to Disease
- Early History of Human Immunology: Discoveries of Edward Jenner & Louis Pasteur
"RODNEY VS. DEATH" MICROBIOLOGY HOMEWORK
Homework assignment about rabies based on the fascinating Radiolab "Rodney vs Death" podcast.
- Radiolab Podcast: "Rodney vs. Death"
- Homework: Associated Homework Assignment Word .doc
PRACTICE TEST & REVIEW QUESTIONS
These multiple-choice / matching practice test questions and essay review questions are designed to help you better understand the material from this lecture.
MORE HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY LINKS
- Experiments Testing Spontaneous Generation, animation from Pearson Prentice Hall.
- Pasteur's Experiments Testing Spontaneous Generation, animation & Quiz from Sinauer.
- Brief History of Microbiology online flashcards from Quizlet.
- Play “Fling The Teacher”, an interactive “Medicine: Infectious Disease” Quiz in which you get to build a teacher (victim), then fling them with a trebuchet if you correctly answer the quiz questions.
- History of Microbiology interactive timeline from Microbe World.
- Play Disease Defenders educational video game, Rice University.
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