Microbiology Facts

MICROBIOLOGY FACTS

• Virus discovered by Ivanowsky.

• Amoeba discovered by Rosenhof (1755).

• T M V crystallised by Stanley.

• dsRNA present in Wound Tumor Virus, Rice Dwarf Virus, Rheovirus.

• ssDNA present in psi x 174 Virus.

• Conjugation in bacteria discovered by Lederberg & Tatum.

• Transduction in bacteria discovered by Lederberg & Zinder.

• Transformation in bacteria discovered by Griffith (1928).

• Theory of Spontaneous generation proposed by Louis Pasteur.

• Group of bacteria raised to the level of Division by Bold & Tippo.

• Pure culture of bacteria first time obtained by Joseph Lister.

• Discovered and isolated Streptomycin by Waksman ( 1944-45).

• Tuberculosis germs discovered by Robert Koch.

• First Vaccine against Small pox prepared by Edward Jenner.

• Term antibiotic first used by Waksman.

• First Antibiotic Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming.

• Heterothallism in fungi (Rhizopus) discovered by Blakeslee.

• Apospory discovered by Druery.

• Apogamy discovered by Farlow.

• Apospory named by De Bary.

• Term alternation of generation first used by Hofmeister.