Important people L1 micro

Carolus Linnaeus = Carl von Linnae

created binomial nomenclature

Robert Whittaker

made the 5 kingdom model animals, plants, fungi, Protists, Monera

Carl Woese

created the Domain system/Phylongeny made with the 16s rRNA

Anatoni van Leeuwenhoek

first person to discover microorganisms and called them animalcules using a primitive microscope found bacteria.

Robert Hooke

First person to publish the depiction of a microorganism, mold looked similar to plants.

Louis Joblot

fought against Abiogenesis. 1710 made an experiment to find how microorganisms grew. Covered vs uncovered. Uncovered microorganisms

Franz Schulze and Theodore Schwann

1836 two boiled hay infusions that are open to the air that is sterilized using fire.

Francesco Redi

what causes maggots on raw meat. Meat with a jar opened had maggots. The closed jar had no maggots. The jar with cloth had no maggots. Found that maggots came from flies.

Louis Pasteur Experiment

1864 swan necked flasks filled with boiled hay infusions proves that Abiogenesis is wrong. Does not use continuous flame. Listened due to the fame that he had.

Robert Koch

1876 studied Anthrax/ cattle disease. Developed Germ Theory. Made photographs for bacteria. Used steam for sterilization.

Has Christian Gram

created the gram stain in 1884