Microbial Musings: A History of Microbiology (review)

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 466-467
Author(s):  
Lloyd Ackert
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
History Of Microbiology

History of Microbiology in Australia

1991 ◽  
Vol 29 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 371-374
Author(s):  
E.L. French
Keyword(s):  
History Of ◽  
History Of Microbiology

scholarly journals Inflammation, suppuration, putrefaction, fermentation: Joseph Lister's microbiology

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Survival Rates ◽  
High Survival ◽  
Causative Role ◽  
King's College ◽  
Inaugural Lecture ◽  
Pure Bacterial Culture ◽  
Lecture Theatre ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Microbiology

This paper focuses on Lister's inaugural lecture at King's College, London, in October 1877. As the new Professor of Clinical Surgery, Lister had much to report, including impressively high survival rates from complex operations previously regarded as foolhardy. Instead, he chose to address the processes of fermentation in wine, blood and milk. His reasons are not obvious to a modern audience, just as they probably were not to those who heard him in the Great Hall at King's. Having brought microbiological apparatus from his laboratory to the lecture theatre and presented proof of bacterial variety and specificity, Lister publicly demonstrated the creation of the first pure bacterial culture in the history of microbiology. It was an ingenious and well-thought-out strategy designed to generate a frame of mind among his new colleagues and future students, receptive to the causative role of bacteria in septic diseases. His timing was impeccable.

scholarly journals How the Microbial World Saved Evolution from the Scylla of Molecular Biology and the Charybdis of the Modern Synthesis

2009 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl R. Woese ◽  
Nigel Goldenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Microbial Ecology ◽  
Microbial World ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Current Thinking ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
History Of Microbiology

SUMMARY In this commentary, we provide a personal overview of the conceptual history of microbiology and molecular biology over the course of the last hundred years, emphasizing the relationship of these fields to the problem of evolution. We argue that despite their apparent success, all three reached an impasse that arose from the influence of dogmatic or overly narrow perspectives. Finally, we describe how recent developments in microbiology are realizing Beijerinck's vision of a field that is fully integrated with molecular biology, microbial ecology, thereby challenging and extending current thinking in evolution.

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