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The document discusses the evolution of microbiology and perspectives on microorganisms. It describes two periods in the development of microbiology: the classical period and a "dark age". During the classical period, different scientists proposed various classifications for microorganisms like bacteria and blue-green algae. Over time, as technology advanced, microbiology's focus shifted to molecules rather than organisms and relationships. The article argues that we must not forget about the importance of prokaryotes and their role in key processes like photosynthesis. It also stresses the importance of exploring beyond what can be seen with the naked eye and of maintaining the right attitudes to further advance the field of microbiology.
The document discusses the evolution of microbiology and perspectives on microorganisms. It describes two periods in the development of microbiology: the classical period and a "dark age". During the classical period, different scientists proposed various classifications for microorganisms like bacteria and blue-green algae. Over time, as technology advanced, microbiology's focus shifted to molecules rather than organisms and relationships. The article argues that we must not forget about the importance of prokaryotes and their role in key processes like photosynthesis. It also stresses the importance of exploring beyond what can be seen with the naked eye and of maintaining the right attitudes to further advance the field of microbiology.
The document discusses the evolution of microbiology and perspectives on microorganisms. It describes two periods in the development of microbiology: the classical period and a "dark age". During the classical period, different scientists proposed various classifications for microorganisms like bacteria and blue-green algae. Over time, as technology advanced, microbiology's focus shifted to molecules rather than organisms and relationships. The article argues that we must not forget about the importance of prokaryotes and their role in key processes like photosynthesis. It also stresses the importance of exploring beyond what can be seen with the naked eye and of maintaining the right attitudes to further advance the field of microbiology.
Critique Paper There are so many little things or should I say living organisms around us that could not be seen by the naked eye and they were often neglected by people. I know that there are bacteria around us and the only thing I know before is that they are harmful. That they go into your food when you dropped it and make you sick. However, after learning that they are not just bacteria, that they are not just very tiny things that make you sick, my perspective about them shifted 360 degrees. The article There must be a prokaryote somewhere: Microbiologys search for itself by Carl Woese made me realize a lot of things. There are two periods during the development of microbiology: the classical period and the dark age. During the classical period, Haekel proposed that microorganisms belong to the kingdom Protista. Bacteria were included in this kingdom under the high-level group Moneres. However, blue-green alage were not included in here because he still considered them as plants. This was contradicted by Ferdinand Cohn. For him, all bacteria are plants. It is also in this period wherein van Niel said that in order to fully understand what bacteria really are, its evolutionary history must be known first. As the technology developed, microbiologists attention was turned to molecules and microorganisms, not organisms and relationships. This was the dark age. Today, a lot of improvements on the field of microbiology occurred. However, we must not forget that there are living microorganisms, the prokaryotes, around us to which we owe a lot of important processes and even our life. Because of endosymbiosis, photosynthesis became possible. Without this, there would be no enough supply of oxygen for us. It is not enough to just focus on what can be seen by the naked eye. We must search for the things that could be found outside our comfort zone. It is certainly not easy but understanding the basic and the root of our existence will help us to improve what we have. Not only new technologies are important for the evolution of microbiology. We must keep in mind that it is the people who study it and their attitudes in towards this field that will really matter.