Microbiology Lecture #1

Review handouts/ Goals for course

History of microbiology

Lister

Semmelweiss

von Leeuwenhoek

Pasteur

Koch

Paul Ehrlich

Lewis Thomas

Tyndal; Tyndallization, etc.

Types of microorganisms (Procaryotes and Eucaryotes)

Living versus nonliving

Role of microbiology in human history

Spontaneous generation

Koch's postulates

Quarantine

Variolation (Lady Montague)

Vaccination

Media development

Selective toxicity

Therapeutic Index

Antibiotic development

Genetic Engineering

Bioremediation

Pathogens