Who is the “Father of Microbiology and Immunology”
Louis Pasteur
When was Louis Pasteur born
December 27, 1822
Where was Louis Pasteur born
Dole, France
What was Louis Pasteur’s job before starting a scientific career
A soldier in napoleon’s army whose job was a gravedigger.
What did Louis Pasteur love to do as a child
paint
What age did Louis Pasteur decide to start a scientific career
19 years old
When did he receive his PHD and what was his PHD for
1846 PHD in Chemistry
First discovery of Pasteur which was the observation of crystals tartrates
Crystallography
Where did he work and what job did he have
A professor at the University of Strasbourg, Paris
in 1854, Pasteur found this biological process that causes things like milk to go sour and is one of the main ways to make wine
Fermentation
Plays a major role in fermentation process
Yeast
Fermentation Process of a good wine
Grape Juice + yeast + bacteria —> heat —> yeast added —> incubation —> good wine
This experiment provided the final defeat for the “spontaneous generation theory”
Swan-Necked Flask Experiment
He used this experiment to prove that the atmosphere contains micro-organism
Swan-Necked Flask Experiment
This theory states that living things emerge from non-living things
Spontaneous Generation Theory
the process that kills microbes in food and drink such as milk, juice, and canned food. Is widely used today in the dairy industry and does not intend to kill all micro-organisms in the food just to reduce the number of viable pathogens so they are unlikely to cause disease
Pasteurization
Why do we wash our hands or cover our mouths when we sneeze
Germ Theory
Is an infectious disease that affect cattle, sheep and other livestock that can be transmitted to man and was responsible for killing large population of sheep in France
Anthrax
Scientific name of Anthrax
Bacillus Anthracis Bacteria
A disease that killed most of the silkworm nurseries during the 19th century
Pebrine
is a highly infectious disease that attack he central nervous systems and can enter the body by means of an animal bite or through saliva
Rabies
When did Louis Pasteur test his new rabies vaccine on man for the first time
July 6, 1885
The first man who received the rabies vaccine made by Louis Pasteur
Joseph Meister
Shots given to you when you were a child to protect you from diseases
Vaccine
