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History of Microbiology Question and answers rated A+ How did the study of Microbiology begin? - correct answer when the simple microscope was invented by a textile merchant named Antony Van Leeuwenhoek How did Antony Van leeuwenhoek discover microorganisms? What did he call them? - correct ...

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History of Microbiology

History of Microbiology
How did the study of Microbiology begin? - correct answer ✔when the simple
microscope was invented by a textile merchant named Antony Van
Leeuwenhoek


How did Antony Van leeuwenhoek discover microorganisms?
What did he call them? - correct answer ✔-studied lake water
-animalcules


Who was also credited with the discovery of the microscope?
What did he call the microorganisms? - correct answer ✔-Robert Hooke:
invented compound microscope
-cells


What is the theory of Spontaneous Generation? - correct answer ✔the
theory that life arises spontaneously from non-living material


What is the theory of Biogenesis? - correct answer ✔the theory that life can
only arise from pre-exsisting life


Who is Francesco Redi and what did he contribute to the theory of
Spontaneous Generation? - correct answer ✔-an Italian biologest and
physician
-against SG theory: demonstrated that maggots on rotting meat came from
eggs of flies landing on meat and not from the meat itself

, What was John Needham's contribution to the theory of Spontaneous
Generation? - correct answer ✔supported SG theory: demonstrated boiled
broths produced microorganisms after boiling; thought this proved broth gave
rise to bacteria


What was Father Spallanzani contribute to the theory of Spontaneous
Generation? - correct answer ✔against SG theory: contradicted Needham's
theory by modifying his experiment by sealing flasks after boiling the broth


Despite arguments from Redi and Spallazani, what did some of the supporters
of the theory of Spontaneous generation argue? - correct answer ✔some
supporters argued that heating destroyed "vital force" neccessary for SG (this
would be oxygen, but they didn't know what is was at the time)


Who is Louis Pasteur and how did he contribute to the theory of Spontaneous
Generation? - correct answer ✔-a french chemist
-considered father of modern microbiology
-credited with the Biogenesis theory


-against SG theory: sorted out disputes by demonstrating that the air is filled
with microorganisms with his swan-necked flask experiment


Despite Pasteur's disproving of SG theory, why did some scientists still remain
unconvinced? - correct answer ✔Pasteur's results were not fully reproducible
-sometimes broth stayed sterile and sometimes it didnt; different laboratories
got different results


Who was John Tyndall and how did he contribute to the theory of
Spontaneous Generation? - correct answer ✔against SG theory: John
Tyndall was an English physicist that explained theconflicting data of

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