History of Microbiology Time Line

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  • Francisco Redi filled six jars with decaying meat

    Francisco Redi filled six jars with decaying meat

  • John Needham put boiled nutrient broth into covered flasks

    John Needham put boiled nutrient broth into covered flasks

  • Lazzaro Spallanzani boiled nutrient solutions in flasks

    Lazzaro Spallanzani boiled nutrient solutions in flasks

  • Edward Jenner inoculated a person with cowpox virus.

  • Agostino Bassi showed that a silkworm disease was caused by a fungus

  • Ignaz Semmelwise advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal fever from one OB patient to another

  • Joseph Lister used a chemical disinfected to prevent surgical wound infections after looking at Pasteur's work showing microbes are in the air, can spoil food, and cause animal diseases

  • Louis Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms are presented through the air

    Louis Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms are presented through the air

  • Pasteur believed that another silkworm disease was caused by a protozoan

  • Robert Koch proved that a bacterium causes anthrax and provided the experimental steps, Koch's postulates, to prove that specific microbe causes a specific disease

    Robert Koch proved that a bacterium causes anthrax and provided the experimental steps, Koch's postulates, to prove that specific microbe causes a specific disease

  • Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin