Who was the first scientist to crystallise a virus?
A
Pasteur
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B
Beijerinck
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C
Stanley
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D
Ivanowsky
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Solution
The correct option is C Stanley Stanley was the first scientist to crystallize a virus. The virus he first crystallised was tobacco mosaic virus, and he found that the crystal was made of proteins.