Timeline: Chronology and History of Microbes

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Alex Rebollo 3ºC

Chronology and History of Microbes

I accidentally created penicillin, thanks to it, antibiotics are now a thing.

I tried to find the cause of the tobacco mosaic disease, but instead, I was the first one to discover viruses.

1890

1928

ALEXANDER FLEMING

DMITRI IVANOVSKY

1882

1864

ROBERT KOCH

My job was to find the cause of tuberculosis and cholera, and the anthrax disease cycle.

LOUIS PASTEUR

My great discoveries were vaccines against fowl cholera and anthrax, and pasteurization, which kills microorganisms in food to make it safer and more durable.

1847

I was in chargeof discovering why puerperal fever was caused, and stopping it through a simple antisepsis practice: hand washing.

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS

I navigated from Europe to America, in order to deliver the smallpox vaccine, and end this fatal epidemic.

1803

1796

ISABEL ZENDAL

EDWARD JENNER

I was the first one, I created a microscope protoype, with which I discovered sperm, bacteria, protozoa and red blood cells.

And I developed the vaccine against smallpox, saving millions of lifes.

ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK

1675