Microbiology Chapter 1 ~ Scientist Already Graded A

Microbiology Chapter 1 ~ Scientist Already Graded A 1) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to view protozoa and bacteria 5) Which of the following scientists provided evidence in favor of the concept of spontaneous generation? Needham 9) Which of the following individuals pioneered the use of chemicals to reduce the incidence of infections during surgery? Lister 11) Which of the following questions largely stimulated the research of microbes during what is known as the Golden Age of Microbiology? What causes disease, and is spontaneous generation of microbes possible? 13) What scientist first hypothesized that gene sequences could provide new insights into evolutionary relationships between organisms such as microbes? Pauling 14) Work by __________ laid the foundations of the field of environmental microbiology. Beijerinck and Winogradsky 15) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are true of basic biochemical reactions? Basic biochemical reactions shared by all living things primarily involve transfer of electrons and hydrogen ions. 16) Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which of the following diseases? puerperal fever 17) Paul Ehrlich used chemotherapy to treat syphilis. 20) All of the following individuals were involved in improving public health in the 19th century EXCEPT Spallanzani 26) Which of the following scientists was the first to develop a taxonomic system for classifying organisms? Linnaeus 27) Which of the following is NOT an observation Pasteur made concerning the fermentation of grape juice? Pasteurization kills yeast to prevent spoilage of grape juice. 28) Put the following events in the history of microbiology in order, from the earliest to the latest: I. Leeuwenhoek observes microbes using a microscope. II. Pasteur disproves spontaneous generation. III. Woese discovers the archaea. IV. Fracastoro proposes that "germs" cause disease. V. Ehrlich discovers the first "magic bullet."