Ester linkagesEukaryaBacteria

Ether linkagesArchaea

Isoprene

History of Microbiology• 1664: Robert Hooke - microscope

• 1684: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek -microorganisms

• 1798: Edward Jenner - smallpox vaccination

• 1864: Louis Pasteur - spontaneous generation

History of Microbiology• 1664: Robert Hooke - microscope• 1684: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek -

microorganisms• 1798: Edward Jenner - smallpox vaccination• 1864: Louis Pasteur - spontaneous generation• 1884: Robert Koch - Koch’s postulates

History of Microbiology• 1664: Robert Hooke - microscope• 1684: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - microorganisms• 1798: Edward Jenner - smallpox vaccination• 1864: Louis Pasteur - spontaneous generation• 1884: Robert Koch - Koch’s postulates• 1889: Martinus Beijerink - concept of virus• 1929: Alexander Fleming - discovery of penicillin• 1977: Carl Woese - discovery of Archaea• 1981: First reports of AIDS• 1983: Luc Montagnier - discovery of HIV• 1995: Craig Venter - complete genome sequence