Introduction to Microbes Chapter 1a I. Background A. Microbiology B. Microbes = Microorganisms C. Microbes and the Planet a. bioremediation 1. Cause disease a. pathogenic 1) infectious disease b. nonpathogenic II. Classifying Microorganisms A. Classification 1. Domain a. Bacteria b. Archaea c. Eukarya B. Classify by cell type 1. Prokaryotes 2. Eukaryotes a. organelles C. Viruses III. Naming Microorganisms A. Nomenclature 1. binomial a. genus b. species c. writing rules IV. A Brief History of Microbiology A. Spontaneous Generation 1. Francesco Redi 2. Louis Pasteur 3. John Tyndall & Ferdinand Cohn a. endospores B. Microscopy 1. Robert Hooke a. cells 2. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek C. Applications of Germ Theory - Medical Microbiology 1. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 2. Dr. Ignaz Semmelevies 3. Joseph Lister a. aseptic techniques 4. Pasteur a. pasteurization 5. Robert Koch a. Koch's Postulates 6. Vaccination a. Edward Jenner b. Pasteur c. Sources of vaccines 1) attenuated 2) killed 3) recombinant DNA techniques D. Treatments 1. Paul Ehrlich 2. Sulfonamides 3. Alexander Fleming 4. Antibiotic