Mb 351 exam 1 ncsu Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Robert Hooke - ️️first to describe microbes Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - ️️first to describe bacteria ("animalcules") Louis Pasteur - ️️helped disprove theory of spontaneous generation with swan-necked flask, invented pasteurization Spontaneous Generation - ️️theory that microorganisms arose spontaneously from seeds or germs in the air, based on observations of meat rotting Francisco Redi - ️️kept meat in sealed and unsealed containers, showed that flies did not spo...