Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is considered the father of microbiology as he was the first to observe and experiment with microscopic organisms like bacteria in 1676 using simple microscopes of his own design, sparking the start of microbiology. Scientific microbiology developed further in the 19th century through the seminal work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, who demonstrated that specific microorganisms can cause specific diseases.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is considered the father of microbiology as he was the first to observe and experiment with microscopic organisms like bacteria in 1676 using simple microscopes of his own design, sparking the start of microbiology. Scientific microbiology developed further in the 19th century through the seminal work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, who demonstrated that specific microorganisms can cause specific diseases.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is considered the father of microbiology as he was the first to observe and experiment with microscopic organisms like bacteria in 1676 using simple microscopes of his own design, sparking the start of microbiology. Scientific microbiology developed further in the 19th century through the seminal work of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch, who demonstrated that specific microorganisms can cause specific diseases.
experimented with microscopic organisms in 1676, using simple microscopes of his own design.
Scientific microbiology developed
in the 19th century through the work of Louis Pasteur and in medical microbiology Robert Koch.
Invisible Organisms 1546 Girolamo Francastro
He suggest that invisible organisms may cause disease. The Discovery of Cells 1665 Robert Hooke publishes his discovery of cells and sees the first microorganism.
The First Observation of Bacteria 1676 Antony
Leewenhoek observed the first bacteria. He was observing the lake water and found these organisms. This sparked a start to microbiology. Vaccination of Smallpox 1796 Edward Jenner introduced the vaccination of smallpox.
All Organisms Are Composed
of Cells 1838 - 1839 Mathias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann propose that all organisms are composed of cells. Germ Theory of Disease 1840 J. Henle Proposes the germs are the cause of diseases.
Spread of Cholera 1853 - 1854 John Snow
demonstrates the epidemic spread of cholera through a contaminated water supply.
Sanitation of Wine 1864 Louis Pasteur develops
pasteurization to destroy organisms in wine. The Cause of Anthrax 1876 Robert Koch demonstrates that a bacterium causes anthrax.
Pure Culture 1881 Robert Koch introduces pure
culture techniques in the laboratory.
Agar Plate 1882 Walter and Franny
Hesse introduce the agar plate as a solidifying gel for the culturing medium.
Gram Negative Stain 1884 Christian
Gram describes the Gram stain. Phagocytic cells 1884 Elie Methnikoff discovers phagocytic cells which engulf bacteria.
Genetic transformation 1928 Frederick
Griffith discovers genetic transformation in bacteria. First Antibiotic 1929 Alexander Fleming discovers first antibiotic, penicillin.
Transforming principle of DNA 1944
Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty demostrate that Griffith's Transforming principle is DNA. Structure of DNA 1953 Watson, Crick, and Franklin determine the structure of DNA being a double helix structure.
Viroids v.s. Virusis 1971 Theodor Diener
demonstrates fundamental differences between viroids and viruses. DNA Clone 1973 Boyer and Cohen Clone DNA Domains of Organisms
1977 Carl Woese classifies all organisms into
three domains. Domains of Organisms 1977 Carl Woese classifies all organisms into three domains.
Nuclotide Sequences 1995 The first complete nucleotide sequence of a