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Hooke
1st to observe a “microscopic mushroom” (mold) with a simple “microscope” -
Leeuwenhoek
Made better lenses, observed bacteria, protozoa, algae, etc. Wrote the Royal Society of London -
Period: to
American Revolution
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Jenner
Introduces vaccination for smallpox -
Henle
Proposed that microscopic organisms are causative agents in several diseases. -
Pasteur
Refutes spontaneous generation. -
Lister
Microbes cause wound infections; antiseptic surgery -
Koch
Developed pure culture and other lab techniques -
Gram
Describes the Gram Stain -
Watson, Crick, Franklin, Wilkins
Discover structure of DNA. -
Woese
Classifies all organisms into three domains
