MCQ
Who is the father of microbiology?
- ALeeuwenhoek
- BPasteur
- CRobert Koch
- DNone of the above
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Answer
- Leeuwenhoek
Explanation:
A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is too small to be seen by the naked eyes of the human being.
They are unicellular as well as multicellular. Some examples of microorganisms are bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea. The study of the microorganism is called microbiology.
This subject began with the discovery of microorganisms in 1674 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
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