This document provides an overview of microbiology and the history of the field. It discusses key topics covered in chapter 1 including:
- The definition of microbiology as the study of microorganisms and the groups that will be studied including bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, algae, and viruses.
- Important figures in the history of microbiology such as Van Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, Redi, Jenner, Pasteur, Koch, Fleming, and Salk/Sabin who made seminal discoveries in microscopy, germ theory, vaccines, and antibiotics.
- The establishment of microbiology as a science through their work proving spontaneous generation is false, microbes cause
Bacteria have existed from very early in the history of life on Earth. Bacteria fossils discovered in rocks date from at least the Devonian Period (419.2 million to 358.9 million years ago), and there are convincing arguments that bacteria have been present since early Precambrian time, about 3.5 billion years ago.
Bacteria have existed from very early in the history of life on Earth. Bacteria fossils discovered in rocks date from at least the Devonian Period (419.2 million to 358.9 million years ago), and there are convincing arguments that bacteria have been present since early Precambrian time, about 3.5 billion years ago.
Contribution of Various Scientist in the field of Microbiology,Louis Pasteur,Robert Koch,Alexander Fleming,Anton van Leeuwenhoek,Edward Jenner,Paul Ehrlich,Dmitri Iwanowski,M.Beijerinck
Microbiology is the study of organisms that are usually too small to be seen by the unaided eye; it employs techniques—such as sterilization and the use of culture media—that are required to isolate and grow these microorganisms.
he culture media are classified in many different ways: Based on the physical state Liquid media Solid media Semisolid media Based on the presence or absence of oxygen Anaerobic media Aerobic media Based on nutritional factors Simple media Synthetic media Complex
To understand the basic concepts of the biology of microorganisms and its mechanism of action in host cells.
-Dr SUBASHKUMAR R
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Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
Contribution of Various Scientist in the field of Microbiology,Louis Pasteur,Robert Koch,Alexander Fleming,Anton van Leeuwenhoek,Edward Jenner,Paul Ehrlich,Dmitri Iwanowski,M.Beijerinck
Microbiology is the study of organisms that are usually too small to be seen by the unaided eye; it employs techniques—such as sterilization and the use of culture media—that are required to isolate and grow these microorganisms.
he culture media are classified in many different ways: Based on the physical state Liquid media Solid media Semisolid media Based on the presence or absence of oxygen Anaerobic media Aerobic media Based on nutritional factors Simple media Synthetic media Complex
To understand the basic concepts of the biology of microorganisms and its mechanism of action in host cells.
-Dr SUBASHKUMAR R
Associate Professor in Biotechnology
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
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1. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Microbiology - The science that studies very small living
things
Usually requires a magnification tool – the microscope
Some organisms are large though – Helminths – worms
Sub groups of Microbes we will study
Bacteria
Archaea
Fungi
Protozoans
Algae
Viruses
Multicellular animal parasites – Helminths
7. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Various disciplines of study within
microbiology:
Bacteriology, Mycology, Parisitology,
Immunology,
Epidemiology,
Biotechnology
Virology
Environmental Microbiology
Bioremediation
8. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Historical review of the Science of
Microbiology
Robert Hook – 1665 – Englishman, used a
primitive compound (two magnifying lenses)
microscope, reported that life’s smallest
units were little boxes – Cells, his work
started the process of the development of
the Cell theory of life
10. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek –1673 -
probably the first person to observe living
cells with a simple microscope, amateur
scientist, ground his own lenses and
described what we know today as bacteria –
rod shaped , spiral shaped , etc.
“animalcules”
12. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Francesco Redi – 1668 – opposed the
prevailing theory of Spontaneous Generation,
maggots in meat , He used covered jars to
show that maggots came from flies –strong
evidence against spontaneous generation
Now we teach the theory of Biogenesis –
Life comes from Life
But issue of Spontaneous Generation was
actively believed for many more years
14. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Edward Jenner is credited with first vaccine – in
epidemics of smallpox during the late 1700’s he observed
that milk maids didn’t get the disease, cattle had a similar
disease – cowpox, milk maids had cow pox lesions, but
not small pox, he purposefully took scrapings from cowpox
blister and scraped a 8 year old volunteer. With the
material – child got mild illness but not small pox,
Vaccination comes from Latin word “vacca” meaning cow.
Jenner laid the foundation for Pasteur’s later work with
other vaccinations.
(Vaccinia virus similar to Variola smallpox virus, today a
possible bioterror weapon – genetically engineered
variola?)
16. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Pasteur – French sceintist that dealt the death blow to the
spontaneous generation theory.
He devised the ingenious curved necked flasks that
prevented contaminated air from reaching boiled beef broth
– the broth remained uncontaminated even though
exposed to the air
He was very lucky – no endopores present, or it would
have failed
(resitant to boiling)
17. Microbiology – Chapter 1
1. He developed process we call Pasteuriztion –
he heated wine to kill contaminating microbes –
cured sick wine (today we heat treatment to kill
pathogens in milk also)
2. He proved that fermentation was caused by a
microbe – yeast
3. He developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax.
Vaccines led to immunity to diseases that routinely
killed many people, used to help people long
before they understood how they even worked
(science of Immunology)
4. He began the revolution in science that led to
the Golden Age of
Microbiology (from 1857-1914)
20. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Robert Koch - Developed Koch’s postulates – important technique
for determining the
actual microbial cause agent of a disease – more later, German,
contemporary of Pasteur, several very important contributions
1. He discovered the tuberculosis bug (tubercle bacillus,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis)
2. He discovered the cause of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) – from
blood of dead cattle, cultured bacteria in pure culture,
injected bacteria in live cattle and they died, then again
cultured the bacteria in pure culture. This led to the
establishment of a procedure for determining microbial
cause of disease (see p. ____-for modern application of
Koch’s postulates)
22. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Koch’s and Pasteur’s work helped
establish the “Germ Theory of Disease”
- that
microorganisms cause disease (in
people, animals, and even plants)
23. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Iwanowski 1892 - Discovered that plant disease
can be caused by small organisms that
were so small they passed through filters , Tobacco
mosaic virus (TMV) was later
identified as the cause - beginning of virology
(Today we have discovered new and
weird things like viroids, prions) See next slide
25. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Paul Ehrlich, German doctor, wanted to find a
“magic bullet” an agent that would kill
the disease agent without hurting the patient (see
the “Coming plague” video, part 1)
1. Developed Salvarsan, “salvation from
syphilis”agent
2. This was an arsenical – arsenic compound, that
was effective against syphilis
Antimicrobial agent, medicine to treat a
microbial disease, it was chemical –
chemotherapy
27. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Joseph Lister – 1860’s, English surgeon that
applied ideas of the germ theory to surgery,
remembered the work of Semmelweis in Hungary
in the 1840’s, if a Dr. would wash their hands
childbed fever was prevented. He knew that
phenol would kill bacteria; put 2 and 2 together
and treated wounds with phenol - and no infection
(phenol is the basic agent of today’s – Lysol)
1. First antiseptic use in surgery, chemicals used
as agents on tissue before surgery
(tissue treated with an antimicrobial agent –
antiseptic, betadine) disinfectants are
chemicals, used on a surface
2. Also proved that microbes cause surgical
infections (today’s scourge –MRSA)
30. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Alexander Fleming - Scottish physician and bacteriologist - 1928
Observed mold growing on a bacteria culture, there was a ring of
clearing around the mold where the bacteria didn’t grow, the mold
was later found to be a Penicillium species and the naturally
secreted chemical was called penicillin, an antibiotic
1. Antibiotics are natural agents
2. Synthetic drugs are chemicals produced in labs (sulfas)
3. Problems with them - toxicity, resistance, allergic reactions
4. Fleming’s work - shelved until early WWII, sulfas were failing,
needed penicillin to cure battle field wounds
5. Now have thousands of antibiotics and synthetics (and a
significant problem – resistance)
32. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Salk - Polio vaccine, 1950’s polio was a scary
epidemic, Salk developed a vaccine by
treating the virus with formalin (IPV) inactivated
polio virus
Sabin 1963 live Polio virus vaccine, attenuated –
altered virus, OPV-oral polio vaccine
The work done on polio revolutionized the science
of virology and we are seeing
the results today in advances with Hepatitis and
HIV viral infections - tissue
culture and other techniques
38. Microbiology – Chapter 1
Jacob and Monod – 1965 Did research on RNA and
protein synthesis in bacteria - last
necessary step in understanding how genetics works on a
cellular level (Replication,
Transcription, Translation – protein synthesis – expression
of traits)
Modern science thrives today only on the laid foundation of
thousands of men and
women who did mundane routine and often boring lab
science. Don’t forget that we are
here today because we stand on the shoulders of Giants –
who were people just like you
and me. (Who are the Giants today? CDC, USAMRID,
young Joe or Mary the graduate
student?, maybe you?)
40. Microbiology – Chapter 1
• Classification, Taxonomy, Binomial
Nomenclature - Yucchy!!!!! No one likes
it. Just do it!!!
41. The Classification of Living
Things
• Living organisms are assigned to groups
based upon their similarities.
• Systematics is the discipline of
identifying and classifying organisms.
42. Domains
• The highest – largest category, recent addition
• 3 domains
– 1. Archaea – ancient “bacteria”, unicellular like
bacteria, also simple cell structure (prokaryote – no
nucleus) but have distinct metabolism (chemistry)
allowing them to exist in “extreme” environments
– 2. Bacteria – unicellular, prokaryote, found
everywhere (Old kingdom name – Monera)
– 3. Eukarya – unicellular to multicellular, complex and
organized cells with nuclei and organelles
(mitochondria)
43. Domain Archaea
• Archaea are single-
celled organisms that
lack a membrane-
bound nucleus. -
Prokaryote
• Archaea can be found
in environments that
are too hostile for
other life forms.
44. Domain Bacteria
• Bacteria are single-
celled organisms that
lack a membrane-
bound nucleus.
(Prokaryote also)
• Bacteria are found
almost everywhere on
the planet Earth.
45. Domain Eukarya
• The cells of all eukaryotes have a membrane-
bound nucleus. Members of the Domain
Eukarya are further categorized into one of
four Kingdoms. (know these kingdoms)
46. Microbiology
• Check your notes; Older 5 kingdom
scheme is still widely used
• Monera – bacteria (Prokaryotic)
• Protista – Protozoans (Eukaryotic)
• Fungi - yeast, molds, etc. (Eukaryotic)
• Plant – photosynthetic producers
(Eukaryotic)
• Animals – heterotrophic consumers
(Eukaryotic)
48. Categories of Classification
Domain - Dumb
Kingdom - King
Phylum - Philip
Class – Came
Order - Over
Family - For
Genus - Good
Species - __
Spaghetti?
51. Scientific Names
• Binomial (two name) Genus first and first letter
capitalized, then species not capitalized. If
written or typed – either underline or italicize
– Genus name, species name
– Homo sapiens - italicized
– Homo troglodytis (Your EX?) – underlined
– Canis familiaris – Your puppy (except poodles)
– Felis domesticus – Your Kitty (some strange people
have to have Felis leo or Felis tigris)
– Canis latrans – Invites your kitty over for lunch
– Canis lupus - ____________? guess
52. Know for test
• 3 domains Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
• 4 Eukarya Kingdoms
– Protista – Protozoans like Ameba and
Paramecium (producers and consumers)
– Fungi – yeasts, molds, mushrooms
(consumers)
– Plants – complex producers, trees, grasses
– Animals – complex consumers
53. Classification of Bacteria
• Somewhat different: a clinical rapid ID is
often important when trying to find
causative agent of a disease
• Bergey’s manual: Manual is in lab for a
reference when doing unknown
• Developed on 1940’s for grouping bacteria
according to standard diagnostic lab
techniques available at the time (such as
Grams stain)
56. Classification of Bacteria
• The manual divides bacteria into 4 groups
or divisions on the basis of their Cell Wall
– 1. Gram + (stain violet)
– 2. Gram - (destain, and are counterstained
pink or reddish color)
– 3. Bacteria that lack a cell wall (mycoplasma)
– 4. organisms that have a cell wall lacking
“peptidoglycan” (archaeobacteria – Now
called “Archaea”
57. Classification of Bacteria
• More modern methods now used:
• 1. DNA studies, genomics, gene probes
• 2. using Bacterial viruses “bacteriophages”
• 3. Serology – antibody – antigen reactions (like
blood typing)
• Examples: Salmonella typhi
• Salmonella typhimurium
• Azotobacter vinelandii 12837
• E. coli 0157H7 nasty strain of E. coli