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Who is known as the father of microbiology?

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Robert Hooke
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
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Matthias Schleiden
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Theodor Schwann
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The correct option is B Anton van Leeuwenhoek
  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek developed a simple microscope, he was the first to see the cells and recognized them as living units of all living beings and so called ‘the father of microbiology’.

  • Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann put forth the cell theory which states that “Cells are fundamental unit of life” and “All living beings are made of cell”

  • Robert Hooke observed the cork cells (dead cells) for the first time under the microscope and coined the term “cell”.


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