BIOL 2051 Chapter : Chapter 1 5 Review
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One of which claimed that microbes came from non-living matter. Later, a guy named pasteur boils some broth in a flask and lets a curved tube allow air out. The microbes and dust were caught in the tube leaving the broth sterilized. We still use it today within our dairy and wine farms to kill most of the bacteria. Hiv, streptococcus, staph; some microbes don"t grow on a pure media like syphilis; same symptoms 2 different organisms 2 organisms working together. He used heat to stain and waited to get a pure culture. Antiseptics and antibiotics were all thanks to these guys. In the mid-1800s med school students used to carry cadaver particles from the autopsy room to the labor & delivery room. Ignas semmelweis had the students wash their hands and the death rate significantly dropped. Joseph lister took note as well for he urged british surgeons to wash their hands, sterilize instruments, and use disinfectant during surgery.
