 |  Microbiology, 5/e Lansing M Prescott,
Augustana College
Donald A Klein,
Colorado State University
John P Harley,
Eastern Kentucky University
The History and Scope of Microbiology
Chapter ObjectivesAfter reading this
chapter you should be able to:
- define the science of microbiology and describe some of the general
methods used in the study of microorganisms
- discuss the historical concept of spontaneous generation and the
experiments that were performed to disprove this erroneous idea
- discuss how Koch's postulates are used to establish the causal link
between a suspected microorganism and a disease
- describe some of the various activities of microorganisms that are
beneficial to humans
- describe procaryotic and eucaryotic morphology, the two types of
cellular anatomy, and also the distribution of microorganisms among the various
kingdoms or domains in which living organisms are categorized
- discuss the importance of the field of microbiology to other areas
of biology and to general human welfare
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education