History of Microbiology

Question 1

Father of Protozoology and Bacteriology

Answer 1

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 2

He made the earliest microscopic observations on bees and weevils using a microscope

Answer 2

Francesco Stelluti

Question 3

He showed the importance of oxygen to life

Answer 3

Laurent Lavoisier

Question 4

He challenged spontaneous generation with the concept of “biogenesis”

Answer 4

Rudolf Virchow

Question 5

He discovered heat-resistant bacterial spores

Answer 5

Ferdinand Cohn

Question 6

Discovered Tyndallization

Answer 6

John Tyndall

Question 7

Described that certain microorganisms known as “yeast” converts sugar to alcohol in the absence of air (fermentation)

Answer 7

Louis Pasteur

Question 8

Developed the antiseptic system of surgery and the use of phenol

Answer 8

Joseph Lister

Question 9

Based on the concept that microorganism might cause disease

Answer 9

The Germ Theory of Disease

Question 10

Discovered Bacillus anthracis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 10

Robert Koch

Question 11

She suggested the use of agar as a solidifying agent

Answer 11

Fannie Hesse

Question 12

He developed the Petri dish

Answer 12

Julius Richard Petri

Question 13

Discovered the smallpox vaccine

Answer 13

Edward Jenner

Question 14

Accidentally discovered Penicillin

Answer 14

Alexander Fleming

Question 15

Discovered treatment of syphilis

Answer 15

Paul Ehrlich