Founding Fathers of Microbiology
The Dutch merchant who made and used quality magnifying lenses to see and record microorganisms?
Antonie van Leeunwenhoek
What is the difference between abiogenesis and biogenesis?
Abiogenesis is a scientific theory which states that life arose Earth via spontaneous natural means due to the conditions present at the time. Meanwhile, biogenesis is a theory that states all living things arise from others of their same kind.
Englishman who was studying household objects, plants, and trees and described cellular structures and drew sketches of "little structures" that seemed alive?
Robert Hooke
French chemist and microbiologist who studied the roles of microorganisms in the fermentation of beer and wine and used swan-neck flask experiments to disapprove spontaneous generation?
Louis Pastor
American and Hungarian physicians who described the importance of hand washing in preventing disease in the hospital setting?
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Ignaz Semmelweis
Scientist who used an experiment that established whether or not an organism is pathogenic and which disease it caused?
Robert Koch