MICR 300 Final: review questions

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A microbe that does not normally cause infections, but may if in the wrong place. Micro (small) biology (study of living things or organisms) The scientific discipline dealing with the study of microscopic organisms. A microbe that does not normally cause disease. Anton van leeuwenhoek is the first person to see a microbe. Edward jenner recorded the cowpox vaccination of an 8yr old volunteer. Ignaz semmelweis used chlorine to sanitize the hands. Joseph lister used carbolic acid to treat wounds. He proved the germ theory of disease (called the. Koch"s postulate) by using culture techniques (the use of petri dish and agar). He was able to prove the causes of cholera and tb. A single microorganism causes a disease: every host with the disease must have the microbe. Isolate the microbe and grow: the new host infected with the microbe must acquire the disease, re-isolate and regrow the microbe.

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