Microorganism or microbe: An organism that is microscopic in size, usually too small to be seen by the naked eye; includes bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, blue-green algae, and viruses.
History of Microbiology
384 -322 BC Aristotle and Others - believed that living
organisms could develop from non-living materials
1676Anton von Leeuwenhoek (1632 -1723)
invents microscope and observed microbes.
. He discoveredCulture techniqueDisease production by microbesAnthrax, RabiesLive attenuated vaccine, ARV
Louis Pasteur (1822 – 1895) Founder of Modern Microbiology
1861
•Pure culture in solid
media•Koch’s pastulates•Isolated
•B. anthracis •M. tuberculosis•Cholera bacilli
1876 - 1892
Father of Medical MicrobiologyRobert Koch (1843 –1910)
Sir Alexander flemming(1881- 1955)
1929.
Sir Alexander flemming of Scotland discovered penicillin in 1929.
BooksBooks
Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Examination & Board Review - Lange.
Modern Medical Microbiology-M R
Chowdhury
Parasitology Protozoology and
Helminthology- K D Chatterjee
Medical Parasitology – Basic & Clinical
- Prof. Dr. Akram Hossain
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