Microbiology: An Introduction, Books a la Carte Edition (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780133905557
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 5R
Match the people in column A to their contribution toward the advancement of
Column A | Column B |
___ a. Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty | 1. Developed vaccine against smallpox |
___ b. Beadle and Tatum | 2. Discovered how DNA controls protein synthesis in a cell |
___ c. Berg | 3. Discovered penicillin |
__ d. Ehrlich | 4. Discovered that DNA can be transferred from one bacterium to another |
___ e. Fleming | 5. Disproved spontaneous generation |
___ f. Hooke | 6. First to characterize a virus |
___ g. Iwanowski | 7. First to use disinfectants in surgical procedures |
___ h. Jacob and Monod | 8. First to observe bacteria |
___ i. Jenner | 9. First to observe cells in plant material and name them |
__ j. Koch | 10. Observed that viruses are filterable |
___ k. Lancefield | 11. Proved that DNA is the hereditary material |
___ I. Lederberg and Tatum | 12. Proved that microorganisms can cause disease |
___ m. Lister | 13. Said living cells arise from preexisting living cells |
___ n. Pasteur | 14. Showed that genes code for enzymes |
___ o. Stanley | 15. Spliced animal DNA to bacterial DNA |
___ p. van Leeuwenhoek | 16. Used bacteria to produce acetone |
___ q. Virchow | 17. Used the first synthetic chemotherapeutic agent |
___ r. Weizmann | 18. Proposed a classification system for streptococci based on antigens in their cell walls |
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Microbiology: An Introduction, Books a la Carte Edition (12th Edition)
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