History of Microbiology Pt.2

Theodor Schwann and Franz Schultz (1830s-Germany)

• Boiled broth and exposed the flasks to open air - no microorganisms were found

• Schwann agreed with others’ proposition that products of fermentation were created by microorganisms

• Schwann also posited that all animals were made of cells

Jakob Mathias Schleiden (1830s - Sweden)

• Posited that all plants are made of cells

Rudolf Virchow (1850s)

• founder of cellular pathology

• Posited that new cells arise from pre-existing cells

• Plagiarised the work of Jewish Scientist Robert Remak

Robert Hooke

• Saw the first cells, and coined the term “cell” when he noticed that cork tree bark looked like monk’s chambers.

• Published Micrographia, spurring a new interest in the microscopic world.